# Incident 19990902028269I: Piper PA32R300, Roanoke, VA, September 2, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1999, 23:45 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N377SM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N377SM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,293 total, 436 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990902028269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09/02/1999, AT 2345 EDT, AS THE PILOT BEGAN THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 ROANOKE AIRPORT (ROA), THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED, BUT ONLY TWO GEAR CAME DOWN. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR REMAINED IN THE UP POSITION.  UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A PIPER BOLT PART NUMBER 403-055 AN (AN3C-10A), HAD BEEN INSTALLED IMPROPERLY CAUSING THE BOLT TO STRIKE AGAINST THE MAIN WING SPAR, WHICH PREVENTED THE GEAR FROM EXTENDING.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST BEEN PICKED UP FROM BEING PAINTED AT A PAINT SHOP.

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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