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FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Kansas City, MO · March 7, 1996

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Date
March 7, 1996 · 18:00 local
Place
Kansas City, MO
Airport
Richards-Gebaur Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N53CT
Reported as
Piper PA30
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total650 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days
N53CTRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Piper PA-30S/N 30-525 · Built 1964Airframe 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 departed fort smith, Arkansas. During gear retraction, the landing gear circuit breaker popped. Pilot attempted to reset the c/b select gear down to no avail. Pilot attempted to manually extend the gear using emergency extension. The landing gear could not be moved. Pilot landed, gear partially extended at gvw. Investigation revealed right strut appeared to have been deflated at take off, causing the scissors to jam in the right wheel well. Last annual inspection 1-26-96. Time since last annual 25 hours. This investigation closed with this report. Incident #CE961GA0035

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS. DURING GEAR RETRACTION, THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE C/B SELECT GEAR DOWN TO NO AVAIL. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR USING EMERGENCY EXTENSION. THE LANDING GEAR COULD NOT BE MOVED. PILOT LANDED, GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED AT GVW. INVESTIGATION REVEALED RIGHT STRUT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN DEFLATED AT TAKE OFF, CAUSING THE SCISSORS TO JAM IN THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL. LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION 1-26-96. TIME SINCE LAST ANNUAL 25 HOURS. THIS INVESTIGATION CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. INCIDENT #CE961GA0035