# Incident 19860425023399I: Piper PA31310, Albany, NY, April 25, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1986, 18:15 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71PC-2014-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860425023399I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION BEFORE LANDING. SAFE LANDING. RETURNED TO HOME BASE WITH GEAR DOWN. MICRO SWITCH ADJUSTED.

## Other reports on N71PC (1)

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

- [Incident 19891129058489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891129058489I), Nov 29, 1989: Piper PA31310 (N71PC), Erie, PA. Smoke in cockpit. Vectored for landing. Flap indicator had overheated.

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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