38.3731° N, 81.5932° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 29, 1985 · 09:30 local
Place
Charleston, WV
Airport
Yeager
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N3542D
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,667 total250 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Right main gear would not retract. Hydraulic filter gasket concurrent with NR2 engine driven hydraulic pump failed.
As the FAA filed it
RIGHT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. HYDRAULIC FILTER GASKET CONCURRENT WITH NR2 ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILED.