# Incident 19910123063339I: Piper PA30, Zephyrhills, FL, January 23, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1991, 18:00 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2267° N, 82.1556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZEPHYRHILLS MUNI (ZPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2267&lon=-82.1556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7191Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7191Y-2006-12-05) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910123063339I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19921211049929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921211049929I), Dec 11, 1992: Piper PA30 (N7191Y), Winter Haven, FL, Minor damage. Main gear collapsed on landing rollout.

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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