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FAA incident report · Piper PA60601 · Jacksonville, FL · August 15, 1996

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Date
August 15, 1996 · 10:15 local
Place
Jacksonville, FL
Airport
Craig Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
D5EA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N42WH
Reported as
Piper PA60601
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total500 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days
N42WHRegistered now · Piper AEROSTAR 601S/N 61-0533-131 · Built 1978Airframe modelPiper AEROSTAR 601Engine modelLycoming IO-540 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: pilot departed crg and selected gearup. This was followed by an unsafe gear light and airframe vibrations. Gear was selected down and functioned normally. Pilot returned to land and investigation revealed that the left main gear door actuating bellcrank had failed, allowing the main gear door to hang free and flutter. SDR submitted. No further action. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED CRG AND SELECTED GEARUP. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY AN UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT AND AIRFRAME VIBRATIONS. GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. PILOT RETURNED TO LAND AND INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR ACTUATING BELLCRANK HAD FAILED, ALLOWING THE MAIN GEAR DOOR TO HANG FREE AND FLUTTER. SDR SUBMITTED. NO FURTHER ACTION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

Other reports on N42WH · 1

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

Incident 19950222005059IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Jacksonville, FLNarrative: nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Investigation revealed landing gear handle detent, improperly adjusted, allowing gear handle to vibrate out of down detent. Minor damage to nose gear doors only. No further action. This incident is closed.Feb 22, 1995 · Reported as Piper PA60601 · Minor damage