# Incident 19910712040399I: Piper PA31325, Buffalo, NY, July 12, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1991, 15:35 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BIOA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117JP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N117JP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31325
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,060 total, 150 in this make and model, 213 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910712040399I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT. GEAR HANDLE DID NOT CENTER. LANDED SAFELY. DOWN SWITCH OUT OF LIMITS.

## Other reports on N117JP (1)

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

- [Incident 19930406011269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930406011269I), Apr 6, 1993: Piper PA31325 (N117JP), Buffalo, NY. Pilot landed with an unsafe right main landing gear indication. Found a faulty down lock mechanism.

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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