# Incident 19890207008679I: Piper PA31310, Lancaster, PA, February 7, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1989, 09:30 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30DF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 250 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890207008679I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT GEAR DOOR EXTENDED ON ROLLOUT. GEAR RETRACTED. FOUND GEAR OUT OF RIGHT GEAR HANDLE HAD LOOSE BRACKET.

## Other reports on N30DF (2)

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

- [Incident 19910906050369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910906050369I), Sep 6, 1991: Piper PA31310 (N30DF), Laconia, NH, Minor damage. Pilot stated a downdraft caused aircraft to descend into trees on mountain top. Returned to airport. Landed safely.
- [Incident 19790130004619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790130004619I), Jan 30, 1979: Piper PA31 (N30DF), Lafayette, LA, Minor damage. Pilot missed taxiway after landing at strange airport. Nose wheel sank into soft mud.

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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