19891030058409I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Windsor Locks, CT · October 30, 1989

Date: October 30, 1989 · 12:50 local
Place: Windsor Locks, CT
Airport: Bradley International
Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: FUKA
Aircraft: N40919
Reported as: Piper PA31350
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,100 total700 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days

N40919Registered now · Piper PA-31-350S/N 31-8152162 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Down and locked light on gear did not illuminate on approach. Spring loaded downlock mechanism needed cleaning.

As the FAA filed it

DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT ON GEAR DID NOT ILLUMINATE ON APPROACH. SPRING LOADED DOWNLOCK MECHANISM NEEDED CLEANING.