# Incident 19831117071379I: Piper PA30, West Chicago, IL, November 17, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1983, 16:15 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&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 IO320B1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 55 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831117071379I

## Narrative

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

GEAR NOT EXTENDED. PROPS HIT. WENT AROUND. PROPELLER TIPS CURLED. FOUND NO MALFUNCTION OF LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N7777Y (3)

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

- [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 19810309025409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810309025409I), Mar 9, 1981: Piper PA30 (N7777Y), Berkeley, MO, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed upon landing. Gear motor circuit breaker found open and gear actuator found in midrange.
- [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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