# Incident 19990110023469I: Piper PA32R300, Mobile, AL, January 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1999, 18:10 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N143DM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,250 total, 3,010 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990110023469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT INDICATION. WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING, THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLL OUT. THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN HELD. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE LEFT WING. FUEL FROM THE FUEL TANK VENT CAUGHT FIRE ON THE GROUND, AS THE AIRCRAFT SKID ON THE LEFT WING, BUT LITTLE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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