# Incident 19950611016579I: Piper PA28R180, College Station, TX, June 11, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1995, 20:20 local time
- Place: College Station, TX
- Airport: Easterwood Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5880° N, 96.3625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERWOOD FLD (CLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5880&lon=-96.3625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3874T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3874T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950611016579I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED: DEPARTED JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT BOUND FOR BRENHAM, TX. UPON ARRIVAL AT BRENHAM COULD NOT GET A GOOD GEAR INDICATION ON LH MAIN, RECYCLED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. DIVERTED TO EASTERWOOD AIRPORT AT COLLEGE STATION AND AGAIN TRIED WITHOUT SUCCESS TO GET A GOOD GEAR INDICATION. LANDED, LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED, NO INJURIES. SIDE INVESTIGATION REVEALED: L/H MAIN DID NOT LOCK DOWN DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION OF DOWNLOCK ASSY. A/C DAMAGE CONSISTED OF LEFT WING AND HORIZONTAL TIPS, PITOT TUBE AND SCRAPE ON L/H AILERON LWR SURFACE. AIRCRAFT ANNUAL INSP. AND LAST MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED IN JANUARY 1995. INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3874T (1)

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

- [Accident 19751129039739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751129039739A), Nov 29, 1975: Piper PA28R180 (N3874T), Brunswick, GA, Substantial damage. Taxied off rwy intersection where light missing. Hit unmarked hole.

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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