# Incident 19800824081759I: Piper PA30, Pickens, SC, August 24, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Pickens, SC
- Airport: Pickens Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8100° N, 82.7029° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PICKENS COUNTY (LQK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8100&lon=-82.7029&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7734Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7734Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 3,200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800824081759I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LANDING GEAR, CB WAS FOUND POPPED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS EXCEPT INOP. GEAR WARNING HORN.

## Other reports on N7734Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020303003359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020303003359I), Mar 3, 2002: Piper PA30 (N7734Y), Brunswick, GA, Minor damage. (-23) During rollout, left main landing gear collapsed and aircraft began a slide to the right. The right main gear and nose gear collapsed as the aircraft…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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