# Accident 19920427011999A: Piper PA31350, Houston, TX, April 27, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1992, 22:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XWWA
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140RD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N140RD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 500 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW92LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920427011999A

## Narrative

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

GEAR PROBLEM. RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PUMP SEAL LEAKED OUT FLUID.

## 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 FTW92LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA121), Apr 28, 1992: Piper PA-31-350 (N140RD), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM SEAL AND THE SUBSEQUENT FLUID LEAK.

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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