# Incident 19951001036899I: Piper PA30, North Little Ro, AR, October 1, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1995, 19:15 local time
- Place: North Little Ro, AR
- Airport: North Little Rock Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8331° N, 92.2541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LITTLE ROCK MUNI (ORK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8331&lon=-92.2541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8475Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8475Y) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 638 total, 31 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/19951001036899I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT; ON OCTOBER 1, 1995, CDT, A PIPER LPA-30, N8475Y, REGISTERED TO WESTNIGHT OF DOVER, DEL. AND FLOWN BY THOMAS MEEKS OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR. LANDED GEAR-UP AT STEWARD AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A PERSONAL VFR FLIGHT IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS FROM ARKADELPHIA, AR. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT; BOTH PROPS WERE BENT. ONE NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS DAMAGED. THE FUSELAGE BELLY SKIN AND THE LOWER ANTENNAE WERE DAMAGED. TEST AND RESEARCH; WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION, THE GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY WITH THREE GREEN INDICATOR LIGHTS. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N8475Y (3)

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

- [Accident 20040822028369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040822028369A), Aug 22, 2004: Piper PA30 (N8475Y), Auburn, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) According to police report filed by [privacy data omitted] the pilot stated "just before landing he mistakenly hit the controls for the flaps instead of…
- [Incident 19810818063969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810818063969I), Aug 18, 1981: Piper PA30 (N8475Y), Topeka, KS, Minor damage. On crosswind takeoff left gear struck runway. On landing gear indicated unsafe, collapsed on rollout.
- [Incident 19780814037299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780814037299I), Aug 14, 1978: Piper PA30 (N8475Y), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Gear retracted on takeoff. Found faulty gear actuator switch.

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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