19850130006179I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Charleston, WV · January 30, 1985

Date: January 30, 1985 · 11:10 local
Place: Charleston, WV
Airport: Kanawha County
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: TMAA
Aircraft: N9049N
Reported as: Piper PA31350
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,800 total1,200 in this make and model270 in the last 90 days

N9049NRegistration cancelled May 17, 2013 · Piper PA-31-350S/N 31-7405224 · Built 1974 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Gear down and lock light would not light up. Unsafe light did not illuminate. Both bulbs burned out.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT WOULD NOT LIGHT UP. UNSAFE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. BOTH BULBS BURNED OUT.