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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28RT-201T · Fort Wayne, IN · February 6, 1987

Date
February 6, 1987 · 22:33 local
Place
Fort Wayne, IN
Airport
Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3024U
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,925 total1,400 in this make and model77 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.

Right main gear could not be extended for landing. Landed gear up. Pivot bolt in torque link assembly was broken.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED FOR LANDING. LANDED GEAR UP. PIVOT BOLT IN TORQUE LINK ASSEMBLY WAS BROKEN.