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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31325 · Ithaca, NY · January 10, 1994

Date: January 10, 1994 · 13:32 local
Place: Ithaca, NY
Airport: Tompkins County
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N59872
Reported as: Piper PA31325
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,700 total350 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: on 1/10/94 at 1332, N59872, PA-31, gear would not extend at Tompkins County Airport, Ithaca, NY. Cable to power pack broken. Pilot peeled back sheath of cable and was able to pull cable to extend gear. Aircraft landed safely. Maintenance found cable broken at gear handle; cable was replaced, gear swung. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 1/10/94 AT 1332, N59872, PA-31, GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND AT TOMPKINS COUNTY AIRPORT, ITHACA, NY. CABLE TO POWER PACK BROKEN. PILOT PEELED BACK SHEATH OF CABLE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL CABLE TO EXTEND GEAR. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. MAINTENANCE FOUND CABLE BROKEN AT GEAR HANDLE; CABLE WAS REPLACED, GEAR SWUNG. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.