# Incident 19810805083259I: Piper PA34200T, Plato Center, IL, August 5, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1981, 20:00 local time
- Place: Plato Center, IL
- Airport: Plato Center
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0267° N, 88.4301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plato Center, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0267&lon=-88.4301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32407 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 500 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/19810805083259I

## Narrative

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

LEFT GEAR FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND. BROKE OFF LANDING "O" RINGS OLD HARD AND FAT. FLUID BYPASS. GROUNDED LIMIT SWITCH

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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