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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Dillingham, AK · June 17, 1996

Date
June 17, 1996 · 15:29 local
Place
Dillingham, AK
Airport
Dillingham
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N888YA
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,400 total1,900 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: maintenance test flight received conflicting gear down indications. Another pilot flew under aircraft and confirmed that gear was down. After landing, left main gear collapsed on roll-out. Aircraft received minor damage to left propeller and wing tip. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT RECEIVED CONFLICTING GEAR DOWN INDICATIONS. ANOTHER PILOT FLEW UNDER AIRCRAFT AND CONFIRMED THAT GEAR WAS DOWN. AFTER LANDING, LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLL-OUT. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT PROPELLER AND WING TIP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.