# Incident 19970807028509I: Piper PA30, Harrisburg, PA, August 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1997, 11:09 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, PA
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2171° N, 76.8514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL CITY (CXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2171&lon=-76.8514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8791Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8791Y) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970807028509I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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