# Incident 19891013056199I: Piper PA30, White Plains, NY, October 13, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1989, 12:04 local time
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Airport: Westchester County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0670° N, 73.7076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTCHESTER COUNTY (HPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0670&lon=-73.7076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40DA) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 200 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891013056199I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. RETRACT RODS WERE BENT. EMERGENCY EXTENSION ASSEMBLY BROKE.

## Other reports on N40DA (1)

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

- [Incident 19901214063219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901214063219I), Dec 14, 1990: Piper PA30 (N40DA), Willimantic, CT, Minor damage. Nose and right gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found nose and right gear appeared improperly rigged.

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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