# Incident 19971111038849I: Piper PA30, Enterprise, AL, November 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1997, 12:45 local time
- Place: Enterprise, AL
- Airport: Enterprise Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2997° N, 85.8998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ENTERPRISE MUNI (EDN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2997&lon=-85.8998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7818Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7818Y) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 42 in this make and model, 215 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971111038849I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DWAYNE JUNIOR WALTERS (PIC) AND MARK RANDALL MAGLOTHIN (SAFETY PILOT) WERE RETURNING FROM AN ATP CHECK RIDE ON NOVEMBER 11, 1997 APPROXIMATELY 1320L IN N7818Y, A PA30-30. THE CHECK RIDE WAS SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED FROM THEIR ORIGIN, ,ENTERPRISE, AL (EDN) TO CRESTVIEW, FL (CEW). ON THEIR RETURN FLIGHT TO ENTERPRISE, MR. WALTERS FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE LANDING. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MR. WALTERS' AND MR. MAGLOTHIN'S STATEMENTS ARE ATTACHED. CLOVIS L. JACKSON, AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR.

## Other reports on N7818Y (3)

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

- [Incident 20030212006729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030212006729I), Feb 12, 2003: Piper PA30 (N7818Y), Enterprise, AL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated: while landing after touch down gear collapsed, inspection of aircraft revealed that the landing gear transmission had pulled out of the…
- [Incident 20020417009009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020417009009I), Apr 17, 2002: Piper PA30 (N7818Y), Enterprise, AL, Minor damage. (-23) Upon landing gear collapsed, pilot stated he had green lights.
- [Incident 19951114043419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951114043419I), Nov 14, 1995: Piper PA30 (N7818Y), Huntsville, AL, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot stated that he went threw his landing check list and selected the gear handle to the down position. He told me that he had a green (gear down…

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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