# Incident 19870925063289I: Piper PA60600, Grand Rapids, MI, September 25, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1987, 00:11 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Kent County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ECBA
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222AY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N222AY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 7106001, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 485 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870925063289I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LEFT GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.GEAR HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR MALFUNCTIONED.

## Other reports on N222AY (2)

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

- [Incident 20040910025189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040910025189I), Sep 10, 2004: Piper PA60600 (N222AY), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Piper N287VC stopped on parking ramp after initiating taxi out. Piper N222AY right wingtip collided with N287VC left wingtip as N222AY was veering left…
- [Incident 19931229051459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931229051459I), Dec 29, 1993: Piper PA60600 (N222AY), Gaylord, MI, Minor damage. Pilot landed 75 feet to right of runway on an IFR approach. Thought he had lined up on snow covered runway.

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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