19881012061729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Lafayette, LA · October 12, 1988

Date: October 12, 1988 · 12:20 local
Place: Lafayette, LA
Airport: Lafayette Regional
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N666JH
Reported as: Piper PA30
Reported engine: Lycoming IO320B1A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,075 total300 in this make and model73 in the last 90 days

N666JHRegistration cancelled Aug 2, 1993 · Piper PA-30S/N 30772 Airframe modelPiper PA-30

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.

Gear unsafe indication. Returned. ATC confirmed gear not down. Landed gear up. Gear conduit jammed in housing.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION. RETURNED. ATC CONFIRMED GEAR NOT DOWN. LANDED GEAR UP. GEAR CONDUIT JAMMED IN HOUSING.