# Incident 19971112042119I: Piper PA30, Minneapolis, MN, November 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1997, 18:27 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Anoka County-Blaine Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1449° N, 93.2102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANOKA COUNTY/BLAINE (JANES FLD) (ANE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1449&lon=-93.2102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8677Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8677Y-2014-10-14) (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 IO320B2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971112042119I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND PAST 2/3 DOWN POSITION. PILOT ATTEMPTED SEVERAL EFFORTS TO EXTEND GEAR IN NORMAL OPERATION. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND GEAR MANUALLY AND GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND 2/3 DOWN POSITION. PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING. POSSIBLE FAILURE OF SYSTEM COMPONENT IN LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N8677Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19790302010639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790302010639I), Mar 2, 1979: Piper PA30 (N8677Y), Des Moines, IA. Lost electrical power after takeoff. Gear extended manually. Battery defective.

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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