# Incident 19970105005159I: Piper PA30, Venice, FL, January 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0713° N, 82.4400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VENICE MUNI (VNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0713&lon=-82.4400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7745Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7745Y-2017-04-13) (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: 900 total, 400 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970105005159I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT TOOK OFF, GEAR DID NOT RETRACT, CYCLED GEAR A FEW TIMES, GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT, GREEN LIGHT REMAINED ON. PILOT PROCEEDED TO LAND, NOSE GEAR THEN BOTH MAIN GEARS COLLAPSED ON LANDING. PROPELLER BLADES BENT, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND UNDERBELLY SCRAPED AS A RESULT OF CONTACTING RUNWAY SURFACE. A POST INCIDENT ANALYSIS ON 1-21-97 REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR TRANSMISSION ATTACHMENT & RIVETS STRUCTURE SEPERATED FROM THE BULKHEAD BEAM FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

## Other reports on N7745Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19740626031209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740626031209A), Jun 26, 1974: Piper PA30 (N7745Y), Freeland, MI, Substantial damage. Lndg gr motor p/n 21286-00 was replaced which corrected malfunction.r aux tank 2 1/8 gal,otrs none

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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