# Incident 19801209087379I: Piper PA30, Chantilly, VA, December 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1980, 20:30 local time
- Place: Chantilly, VA
- Airport: Dulles
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8892° N, 77.4421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chantilly, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8892&lon=-77.4421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7512Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7512Y-2014-11-18) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 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/19801209087379I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR. MOTOR WAS DISCONNECTED BY THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION DISCONNECT.

## Other reports on N7512Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19810512024549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810512024549A), May 12, 1981: Piper PA30 (N7512Y), Smyrna, TN, Destroyed. Engines quit during instrument approach. Pilot attempted emergency landing but hit tree and crashed.

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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