# Incident 19830426072409I: Piper PA30, Houston, TX, April 26, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1983, 00:03 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30SH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30SH) (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: 1,600 total, 700 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830426072409I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING. THE GEAR MOTOR WAS FOUND TO OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY.

## Other reports on N30SH (1)

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

- [Accident 20211029018469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211029018469A), Oct 29, 2021: Piper PA-30 (N30SH), Waverly, TN, Substantial damage. A short time after departing the airport the pilot decided to alter is flight plan due to low fuel indication. A nearby airport was chosen and when the…

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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