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FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Topeka, KS · August 18, 1981

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Date
August 18, 1981 · 17:45 local
Place
Topeka, KS
Airport
Topeka
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8475Y
Reported as
Piper PA30
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total1,200 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days
N8475YRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-1637 · Built 1967Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On crosswind takeoff left gear struck runway. On landing gear indicated unsafe, collapsed on rollout.

As the FAA filed it

ON CROSSWIND TAKEOFF LEFT GEAR STRUCK RUNWAY. ON LANDING GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE, COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT.

Other reports on N8475Y · 3

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

Accident 20040822028369ALevel Off Touchdown · Auburn, CA(-23) According to police report filed by [privacy data omitted] the pilot stated "just before landing he mistakenly hit the controls for the flaps instead of the controls to lower the landing gear. The plane then did a belly landing." Damage to the aircraft…Aug 22, 2004 · Substantial damageIncident 19951001036899ILevel Off Touchdown · North Little Ro, ARNarrative: history of flight; on October 1, 1995, CDT, a Piper LPA-30, N8475Y, registered to westnight of dover, del. And flown by thomas meeks of north Little Rock, AR. Landed gear-up at steward airport. According to the pilot, he simply forgot to lower the…Oct 1, 1995 · Minor damageIncident 19780814037299ITakeoff Ground Roll · Omaha, NEGear retracted on takeoff. Found faulty gear actuator switch.Aug 14, 1978 · Minor damage