19971206037499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Searcy, AR · December 6, 1997

Date: December 6, 1997 · 16:00 local
Place: Searcy, AR
Airport: Searcy Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8563Y
Reported as: Piper PA30
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N8563YRegistration cancelled Jan 10, 2003 · Piper PA-30S/N 30-1679 · Built 1967 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: the pilot stated his radio acted intermittent first, then the heater blower stopped working. He put the gear switch down. The down light flickered, he double checked gear position by looking at outside mirrors and raising emergency gear door access and visually checked gear down indication, all indications showed gear down. During roll out, gear collapsed, causing damage to both propellers. Bottom of fuselage skins, scraped. M and d report form sent to owner.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED HIS RADIO ACTED INTERMITTENT FIRST, THEN THE HEATER BLOWER STOPPED WORKING. HE PUT THE GEAR SWITCH DOWN. THE DOWN LIGHT FLICKERED, HE DOUBLE CHECKED GEAR POSITION BY LOOKING AT OUTSIDE MIRRORS AND RAISING EMERGENCY GEAR DOOR ACCESS AND VISUALLY CHECKED GEAR DOWN INDICATION, ALL INDICATIONS SHOWED GEAR DOWN. DURING ROLL OUT, GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS. BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE SKINS, SCRAPED. M AND D REPORT FORM SENT TO OWNER.

Other reports on N8563Y · 2

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

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