# Incident 19971003032939I: Piper PA32RT300T, Lancaster, PA, October 3, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1997, 22:00 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36716, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36716) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 860 total, 145 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971003032939I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT NOTED THAT THE GEAR-IN-TRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED WITH GEAR SELECTED UP AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MMU. PILOT RE-SELECTED GEAR DOWN, OBSERVED GEAR SAFE INDICATION, AND CONTINUED TO 39N WITH GEAR DOWN. UNEVENTFUL LANDING ACCOMPLISHED AT 39N. PILOT DID NOT INSPECT LANDING GEAR DUE TO DARKNESS AND OTHER PLANNED ACTIVITIES AT THAT LOCATION. PILOT DEPARTED 39N AND NOTED SAME INDICATION (GEAR-IN-TRANSIT LIGHT ON) AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. PILOT RE-SELECTED GEAR DOWN; HOWEVER, RIGHT MAIN GEAR REMAINED IN AN UNSAFE (NO GREEN LIGHT) CONDITION. PILOT RECYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULT. EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE ACCOMPLISHED, NO CHANGE. PILOT DIVERTED TO LNS FOR ASSISTANCE AND COMPLETED A PLANNED GEAR-UP LANDING. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CENTER SCISSORS BOLT SHEARED. THIS ALLOWED ONE OF THE SCISSORS ARMS TO JAM THE RIGHT GEAR ASSEMBLY AGAINST THE AFT WHEEL WELL IN A MID TRAVEL POSITION. M & D REPORT INITIATED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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