# Incident 19960815026949I: Piper PA60601, Jacksonville, FL, August 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1996, 10:15 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: D5EA
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42WH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42WH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601 (registry code 7106010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960815026949I

## Narrative

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

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 19950222005059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950222005059I), Feb 22, 1995: Piper PA60601 (N42WH), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Investigation revealed landing gear handle detent, improperly adjusted, allowing gear handle to vibrate out…

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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