# Incident 19990116013469I: Piper PA30, Houston, TX, January 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1999, 16:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7261Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7261Y) (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: 1,750 total, 21 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990116013469I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON JANUARY 16, 1999 AIRCRAFT N7261Y, S/N 30-295, PA-30-30 WAS ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT N7261 TAKE OFF FROM DAVID WAYNE HOOKS AIRPORT (DWH) AND WAS DOING TOUCH AND GOES, THEY HAD DONE ONE, THEN ON THE SECOND TOUCH AND GO AT DWH, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT IN COMMAND, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPESED FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR.  ALL OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO THE UNDER SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  DURING A INVESTIGATION THE FOLLOWING WAS FOUND:  1. THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ON DUTY AT DWH SAID THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE EXTENDED.  2. THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY (LANDING GEAR RETRACTION) WAS BROKEN FROM ITS MOUNTING.  3. THE REAR OF THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WAS GROUND DOWN.  4. THE LANDING GEAR LOCKS WERE NOT BROKEN. 5. THERE WAS NO WING DAMAGE.  6. LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLER'S WERE Q-TIPED.

## Other reports on N7261Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20181006019509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181006019509I), Oct 6, 2018: Piper PA-30 (N7261Y), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. On October 6, 2018, N7261Y, a Piper PA-30, serial number 30-295, a CFI was performing touch and go?s with another pilot receiving a checkout in that make/model…

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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