19961004035509I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA60602P · Johnstown, PA · October 4, 1996

Date: October 4, 1996 · 16:20 local
Place: Johnstown, PA
Airport: Johnstown-Cambria County
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6471S
Reported as: Piper PA60602P
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 600 total100 in this make and model

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: according to a statement by the pilot, upon approaching Johnstown airport, he lowered the landing gear. Only the nose and right main gear extended fully. The left main did not. He cycled the landing gear several times with the same result. He then elected to land with gears retracted. The landing caused minor damage to under side of the aircraft and one propeller blade. Pilot was not injured. Push rod assembly found to be severed prior to landing. Submission of this report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT BY THE PILOT, UPON APPROACHING JOHNSTOWN AIRPORT, HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. ONLY THE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR EXTENDED FULLY. THE LEFT MAIN DID NOT. HE CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULT. HE THEN ELECTED TO LAND WITH GEARS RETRACTED. THE LANDING CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO UNDER SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ONE PROPELLER BLADE. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. PUSH ROD ASSEMBLY FOUND TO BE SEVERED PRIOR TO LANDING. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.