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FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Gainesville, FL · October 12, 1995

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Date
October 12, 1995 · 19:10 local
Place
Gainesville, FL
Airport
Gainesville Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5WK
Reported as
Piper PA30
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total275 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days
N5WKRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-1853Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: aircraft reported unsafe gear condition; gear down but not locked. Aircraft made two fly-by's by tower. Tower advised gear appeared to be down. Upon landing on runway 6 gear collapsed and aircraft skidded off runway. Aircraft sustained minor damage. Maintenance found a broken gear transmission (part #25720-003). A review of aircraft records did not indicate any airworthiness directives relating to this item, nor was the MLG ever replaced no further action.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT REPORTED UNSAFE GEAR CONDITION; GEAR DOWN BUT NOT LOCKED. AIRCRAFT MADE TWO FLY-BY'S BY TOWER. TOWER ADVISED GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 6 GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. MAINTENANCE FOUND A BROKEN GEAR TRANSMISSION (PART #25720-003). A REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT RECORDS DID NOT INDICATE ANY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES RELATING TO THIS ITEM, NOR WAS THE MLG EVER REPLACED NO FURTHER ACTION.