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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Harrisburg, PA · August 7, 1997

Date: August 7, 1997 · 11:09 local
Place: Harrisburg, PA
Airport: Capital City
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8791Y
Reported as: Piper PA30
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,300 total1,200 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N8791YRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-1949 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-30 Engine modelLycoming IO-320 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: on August 7, 1997, at 1109 hours, a Piper, model PA-30, registration number N8791Y registered to kayok services inc. made a gear-up landing at Capital City Airport (cxy), new cumberland, Pennsylvania while on a pleasure flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and the aircraft was on a VFR flight plan. The aircraft received minor damage, and the certificated commercial pilot was not injured. The flight originated at duboise, Pennsylvania (duj) on August 7, 1997, at 1010 hours local. The pilot stated that he was cleared for landing to runway 30 at Capital City Airport. He completed his cockpit check and noted that he had a green gear light, and that the nose gear was confirmed down in the mirrow. Upon landing, the aircraft settled onto the center line and began to roll out. The landing gear then collapsed and the aircraft continued to slide down the runway for several hundred feet. The aircraft came to a stop without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 7, 1997, AT 1109 HOURS, A PIPER, MODEL PA-30, REGISTRATION NUMBER N8791Y REGISTERED TO KAYOK SERVICES INC. MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING AT CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT (CXY), NEW CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DUBOISE, PENNSYLVANIA (DUJ) ON AUGUST 7, 1997, AT 1010 HOURS LOCAL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING TO RUNWAY 30 AT CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT. HE COMPLETED HIS COCKPIT CHECK AND NOTED THAT HE HAD A GREEN GEAR LIGHT, AND THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS CONFIRMED DOWN IN THE MIRROW. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE CENTER LINE AND BEGAN TO ROLL OUT. THE LANDING GEAR THEN COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.