# Incident 19881227066989I: Piper PA31T, Pittsburgh, PA, December 27, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1988, 17:00 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N792SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N792SW-1991-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 800 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881227066989I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO GET GEAR SAFE LIGHT. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND RIGGING PROBLEM WITH LEFT DOWN LOCK SWITCH.

## Other reports on N792SW (1)

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

- [Incident 19870408021859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870408021859I), Apr 8, 1987: Piper PA31T (N792SW), Washington, PA, No damage. Cabin depressurized en route. Descended and continued. Heater coupler and clamp had failed.

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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