# Incident 19900724036649I: Piper PA30, Skaneateles, NY, July 24, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1990, 15:30 local time
- Place: Skaneateles, NY
- Airport: Skaneateles Aero Drome Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9140° N, 76.4408° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKANEATELES AERO DROME (6B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9140&lon=-76.4408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8338Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8338Y-2024-12-19) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 470 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900724036649I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD TO USE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO EXTEND GEAR. A WIRE ON TRANSMISSION BRAKE SOLENOID WAS BROKEN.

## Other reports on N8338Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19900103004009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900103004009I), Jan 3, 1990: Piper PA30 (N8338Y), Syracuse, NY. Unsafe gear warning on climb. Extended gear and landed safely. Sticky gear oleo not contacting squat switch.

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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