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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-160 · Philadelphia, PA · May 2, 1986

Date: May 2, 1986 · 11:20 local
Place: Philadelphia, PA
Airport: Northeast Philadelphia
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4279P
Reported as: Piper PA23160
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 15,550 total9,000 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N4279PRegistration cancelled Aug 22, 2013 · Piper PA-23-160S/N 23-1778 · Built 1959 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Left gear appeared down despite gear up indication. Gear collapsed on landing. Drag link assembly had failed.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT GEAR APPEARED DOWN DESPITE GEAR UP INDICATION. GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. DRAG LINK ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED.