# Incident 19960307003679I: Piper PA30, Kansas City, MO, March 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1996, 18:00 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Richards-Gebaur Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53CT-2013-08-13) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 650 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960307003679I

## Narrative

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

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

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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