# Incident 19810106005609I: Piper PA30, St Louis, MO, January 6, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1981, 13:00 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Loui
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7777Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7777Y) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 175 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/19810106005609I

## Narrative

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

AFTER PREMATURE GEAR RETRACTION DURING TOUCH AND GO LANDING, UNABLE TO GET GEAR DOWN.  GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N7777Y (3)

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

- [Incident 19831117071379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831117071379I), Nov 17, 1983: Piper PA30 (N7777Y), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Gear not extended. Props hit. Went around. Propeller tips curled. Found no malfunction of landing gear.
- [Incident 19820805042899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820805042899I), Aug 5, 1982: Piper PA30 (N7777Y), New Castle, IN, Minor damage. Pilot put gear down but did not check lights, gear did not extend due to popped circuit breaker from low battery.
- [Incident 19810309025409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810309025409I), Mar 9, 1981: Piper PA30 (N7777Y), Berkeley, MO, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed upon landing. Gear motor circuit breaker found open and gear actuator found in midrange.

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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