# Incident 19871224078969I: Piper PA30, Roanoke, VA, December 24, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1987, 17:47 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Municipal Woodrum
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8301Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8301Y-2008-02-21) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871224078969I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL POWER LOSS. MAGS NOT ON.TOWER CHECKED GEAR WAS UP. LANDED GEAR UP. EMERGENCY EXTENSION OPERATED NORMAL.

## Other reports on N8301Y (2)

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

- [Incident 19960807027349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960807027349I), Aug 7, 1996: Piper PA30 (N8301Y), Lake Placid, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: departed zepharhills at 1:45 p.m. made approach to Lake Placid, FL did 360 degrees over field , put gear selector in down position but failed to…
- [Accident 19830427016509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830427016509A), Apr 27, 1983: Piper PA30 (N8301Y), Springfield, MO, Substantial damage. Multiengine student pilot pulled gear up during landing roll.

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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