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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA60602P · Calexico, CA · April 30, 1985

Date
April 30, 1985 · 09:20 local
Place
Calexico, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SBMA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6081P
Reported as
Piper PA60602P
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,330 total78 in this make and model105 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.

After landing and parking, noticed inboard gear door hanging down. Found broken bellcrank.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING AND PARKING, NOTICED INBOARD GEAR DOOR HANGING DOWN. FOUND BROKEN BELLCRANK.