# Incident 19810309025409I: Piper PA30, Berkeley, MO, March 9, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1981, 08:30 local time
- Place: Berkeley, MO
- Airport: Lambert St Louis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7464° N, 90.3361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Berkeley, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7464&lon=-90.3361&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
- Reported engine: LYC O320B1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810309025409I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING.GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER FOUND OPEN AND GEAR ACTUATOR FOUND IN MIDRANGE.

## 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 19810106005609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810106005609I), Jan 6, 1981: Piper PA30 (N7777Y), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. After premature gear retraction during touch and go landing, unable to get gear down. Gear collapsed.

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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