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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Long Beach, CA · April 12, 1983

Date: April 12, 1983 · 11:35 local
Place: Long Beach, CA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: CAMA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N888LM
Reported as: Piper PA31350
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total150 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

N888LMRegistered now · Piper PA-31-350S/N 31-7405464 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

Unable to lower left main gear. Landed with gear up. Torque link was found broken. Gear was jammed in wheelwell.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO LOWER LEFT MAIN GEAR. LANDED WITH GEAR UP. TORQUE LINK WAS FOUND BROKEN. GEAR WAS JAMMED IN WHEELWELL.