# Incident 19990924028129I: Piper PA32R301T, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1999, 19:45 local time
- Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
- Airport: Dutchess County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6266° N, 73.8842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Dutchess County Airport (POU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6266&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101CE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N101CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,552 total, 262 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990924028129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED A GEAR PROBLEM AND REQUESTED A FLY BY. TOWER OBSERVED LEFT MAIN GEAR EXTENDED WHILE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN RETRACTED.  PILOT LOWERED GEAR AND GOT "THREE GREEN".  AIRCRAFT LANDED AND LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED.  MAINTENANCE FOUND LEFT TORQUE LINK BOLT BROKEN.

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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