# Incident 19900923050579I: Piper PA30, Cape Girardeau, MO, September 23, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1990, 10:46 local time
- Place: Cape Girardeau, MO
- Airport: Cape Girardeau Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8795° N, 90.0998° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8795&lon=-90.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N752CF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N752CF) (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: 8,600 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90GA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90GA273) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900923050579I

## Narrative

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

NO GEAR SAFE LIGHT. LOWERED GEAR MANUALLY. GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. MULTIPLE DISCREPANCIES IN SYSTEM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI90GA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90GA273), Sep 23, 1990: Piper PA-3O (N752CF), Cape Girardeau, MO, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION LINKAGE. A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT WAS UNRELIABILITY OF THE GEAR INDICATING SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N752CF (2)

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

- [Incident 20251209017989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251209017989I), Dec 9, 2025: Piper PA-30 (N752CF), Glendale, AZ, Minor damage. The instructor (PIC) and student pilot arrived at the airport at approximately 0710 local time. The initial portion of the flight was uneventful. The flight…
- [Accident 20021126037459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021126037459A), Nov 26, 2002: Piper PA30 (N752CF), Tallahassee, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On November 26, 2002, at 0630 EDT, a PA-30-30, N752CF registered to security 4 it inc., collided with a hanger door, at Tallahassee regional airport,…

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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