# Incident 19970418014759I: Piper PA28RT201T, Austin, TX, April 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1997, 06:20 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Robert Mueller Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43430 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 213 total, 135 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970418014759I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 18, 1997, AT 06:20 LOCAL, A PIPER ARROW IV OPERATED BY ADVENTURE AVIATION AS A RENTAL AIRCRAFT AND PILOTED BY ROBERT D. CARROLL, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING LANDING AT AUSTIN ROBERT MUELLER AIRPORT WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AT TOUCHDOWN. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IFR FROM MOBILE, ALABAMA ENROUTE TO SAN MARCOS, TEXAS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE GEAR PROBLEM FIRST BECAME APPARENT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR FOR LANDING AND DID NOT RECEIVE A NORMAL GEAR DOWN INDICATION. ADDITIONALLY, HE NOTICED SEVERAL CIRCUIT BREAKERS TRIPPED WHICH HE WAS UNABLE TO RESET. AT THAT TIME, HE CHANGED HIS DESTINATION TO AUSTIN AND EXTENDED THE GEAR UTILIZING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES. THE INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. CAPITOL AERO OF AUSTIN, TEXAS REPAIRED THE DAMAGE. THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE LANDING GEAR PROBLEM OR DETERMINE THE REASON FOR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIP. THE LANDING GEAR WAS INSPECTED AND CYCLED NUMEROUS TIMES INCLUDING USE OF THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM WITH NORMAL RESULTS.

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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