# Incident 19850707040799I: Piper PA30, Fairfield, IA, July 7, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1985, 21:30 local time
- Place: Fairfield, IA
- Airport: Fairfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0557° N, 91.9808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRFIELD MUNI (FFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0557&lon=-91.9808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7147Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7147Y) (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: 3,500 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850707040799I

## Narrative

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

GEAR UP LANDING. PILOT HAD POSITIONED GEAR SELECTOR IN CENTER OFF POSITION. THOUGHT HE HAD GREEN LIGHTS.

## Other reports on N7147Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20000805029749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000805029749I), Aug 5, 2000: Piper PA30 (N7147Y), Dayton, OH. (-23)Right tire blew out during landing roll out and pulled aircraft off right side of runway, soft dirt, broke right gear and right wing and propeller had…

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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