39.0351° N, 84.5196° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, KY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 1, 1980 · 19:30 local
Place
Covington, KY
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
COMA
Aircraft
N27806
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,900 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot unable to get safe light for right main. Landed ok, changed hydraulic pump and lubed downlock assembly
As the FAA filed it
PILOT UNABLE TO GET SAFE LIGHT FOR RIGHT MAIN. LANDED OK, CHANGED HYDRAULIC PUMP AND LUBED DOWNLOCK ASSEMBLY