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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Vandenberg, CA · September 9, 1980

Date: September 9, 1980 · 13:05 local
Place: Vandenberg, CA
Airport: Afb
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N33SS
Reported as: Piper PA30
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,300 total15 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N33SSRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-1104 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-30 Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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 extended the gear, but failed to check for safe indication. The cb had popped before full extension.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EXTENDED THE GEAR, BUT FAILED TO CHECK FOR SAFE INDICATION. THE CB HAD POPPED BEFORE FULL EXTENSION.

Other reports on N33SS · 1

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

Incident 19790925049999ILevel Off Touchdown · Lompoc, CAAircraft bounced, then gear collapsed. Pilot may have retracted the gear in attempt to go around.Sep 25, 1979 · Minor damage