# Incident 19951114043419I: Piper PA30, Huntsville, AL, November 14, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1995, 17:37 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Huntsville International-Carl T Jones
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6372° N, 86.7751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUNTSVILLE INTL-CARL T JONES FLD (HSV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6372&lon=-86.7751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7818Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7818Y) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,012 total, 120 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951114043419I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT HE WENT THREW HIS LANDING CHECK LIST AND SELECTED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION. HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD A GREEN (GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED) INDICATOR LIGHT. AT THE MOMENT THE GEAR TOUCHED THE RUNWAY AND WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON THE GEAR IT COLLAPSED. THIS INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT WILL FOLLOW.

## Other reports on N7818Y (3)

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

- [Incident 20030212006729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030212006729I), Feb 12, 2003: Piper PA30 (N7818Y), Enterprise, AL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated: while landing after touch down gear collapsed, inspection of aircraft revealed that the landing gear transmission had pulled out of the…
- [Incident 20020417009009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020417009009I), Apr 17, 2002: Piper PA30 (N7818Y), Enterprise, AL, Minor damage. (-23) Upon landing gear collapsed, pilot stated he had green lights.
- [Incident 19971111038849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971111038849I), Nov 11, 1997: Piper PA30 (N7818Y), Enterprise, AL, Minor damage. Narrative: dwayne junior walters (PIC) and mark randall maglothin (safety pilot) were returning from an ATP check ride on November 11, 1997 approximately 1320L…

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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