# Incident 19950103000949I: Piper PA30, Chino, CA, January 3, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1995, 17:06 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777KP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N777KP) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,536 total, 95 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950103000949I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRPLANE WAS ON A MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT AFTER AIRFRAME REPAIRS ON THE LANDING GEAR AND ENGINE TEAR DOWN INSPECTION. THE GEAR SELECTED "UP" NORMALLY AND UNEVENTFULLY. ON DOWN SELECTION A FLYBY WAS DONE TO ASCERTAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SINCE NO "DOWN" LIGHT WAS OBTAINED. TOWER CONFIRMED ALL GEARS PARTIALLY EXTENDED. ALL EFFORTS WERE MADE USING NORMAL RECYCLING AND EMERGENCY SELECTIONS. THE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND FULLY. A GEAR UP LANDING WAS MADE AFTER ADEQUATE FUEL BURN OFF WAS ACHIEVED. NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N777KP (1)

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

- [Incident 19940805036629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940805036629I), Aug 5, 1994: Piper PA30 (N777KP), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Gear retracted on landing roll. Indicates mistook gear for flap retraction.

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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