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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Zephyrhills, FL · January 23, 1991

Date
January 23, 1991 · 18:00 local
Place
Zephyrhills, FL
Airport
Zephyrhills Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7191Y
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320B1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,300 total

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: aircraft was making touch & go's at Zephyrhills airport, FL. During this phase rt. Gear would not extend to the down position. A/c flew to bartow airport, FL. Emergency equipment standing by. Gear extended normally. The a/c was taxied to aircraft engineering for trouble shooting. They noticed slight damage to the propeller. Action taken: 1) found broken rt. Hand landing gear near wormscrew (cause of gear problem). M or d report submitted. 2) aircraft engineering is doing a sudden prop stoppage inspection of the engine. 3) landing gear bracket (RH) was the cause of the problem. No action is being taken against the pilot therefore I080 is to be closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING TOUCH & GO'S AT ZEPHYRHILLS AIRPORT, FL. DURING THIS PHASE RT. GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND TO THE DOWN POSITION. A/C FLEW TO BARTOW AIRPORT, FL. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT STANDING BY. GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. THE A/C WAS TAXIED TO AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING FOR TROUBLE SHOOTING. THEY NOTICED SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. ACTION TAKEN: 1) FOUND BROKEN RT. HAND LANDING GEAR NEAR WORMSCREW (CAUSE OF GEAR PROBLEM). M OR D REPORT SUBMITTED. 2) AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING IS DOING A SUDDEN PROP STOPPAGE INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE. 3) LANDING GEAR BRACKET (RH) WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. NO ACTION IS BEING TAKEN AGAINST THE PILOT THEREFORE I080 IS TO BE CLOSED.

Other reports on N7191Y · 1

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