# Incident 19990412039499I: Piper PA31350, Atlanta, GA, April 12, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1999, 22:55 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54307, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54307-2003-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 150 in this make and model, 900 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990412039499I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N54307 ON APPROACH TO PDK, DEKALB-PEACHTREE AIRPORT PILOT HAD LEFT MAIN GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT INDICATION. PILOT ACCOMPLISHED PROCEDURES OF FLY-BY OF TOWER FOR VISUAL CHECK AND FLIGHT PROCEDURES.  AIRCRAFT WAS CHECK AT ATLANTA SOUTH AVIATION, WHERE A GEAR RETRACTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED.  IA RHETT HEART #227252878 ACCOMPLISHED CHECKS ON GEAR.  THE UNSAFE LIGHT WAS ONLY A INDICATION PROBLEM.  M RO D FORWARDED TO OKLAHOMA, ON DOWN LOCK MECHANISM, BY MR. HEART.  AIRCRAFT IN CURRRENT INSPECTION STATUS AND PILOT INFORMATION AND CERTIFICATE STATUS CHECKS.

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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