# Incident 19980522010759I: Piper PA31T2, Houston, TX, May 22, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1998, 12:45 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90SC-2004-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T2 (registry code 7103127, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T2
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A11
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980522010759I

## Narrative

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

GEAR UP LANDING ON HOUSTON HOBBY(HOU) RUNWAY 12R. THE PILOTS INSISTS THAT HE IS CERTAIN THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, AND THAT THE LANDING GEAR THEN COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND THE TYPE OF DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT GEAR DOORS SHOW OTHERWISE. EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THE PROP-TIPS BEGAN TO STRIKE THE GROUND, AND THAT THE GEAR DOORS DAMAGED DURING THE LANDING SLIDE. THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE(IN THE COCKPIT) WAS FOUND IN THE "DOWN NEUTRAL" POSITION. PHOTOGRAPHS AND ON SCENE EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED THAT BOTH MAIN GEAR WERE INSIDE THE WHEEL WELLS AND INSIDE THE INBOARD MAIN GEAR DOORS. NO DAMAGE TO MAIN GEAR LINKAGE OR DOWN LOCK LINKAGE. NO EVIDENCE OF SCUFFING ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE OR SIDES OF EITHER OF THE MAIN GEAR TIRES. THE NOSE GEAR WAS INSIDE THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. RELATIVELY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE INBOARD MAIN GEAR DOORS, AND BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. OTHER DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, FLAPS, PROPELLERS, AND POSSIBLE FOD(FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE) TO ENGINES. POST INCIDENT LANDING GEAR SWING SHOWED NORMAL OPERATION.

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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