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FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · West Palm Beach, FL · November 7, 1999

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Date
November 7, 1999 · 19:49 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
Palm Beach International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8386Y
Reported as
Piper PA30
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,450 total100 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days
N8386YRegistration cancelled Nov 13, 2012 · Piper PA-30S/N 30-1541 · Built 1967Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On November 7, 1999 two flight inspectors departed lantana airport on a training flight on N8386Y a Piper PA-30B. The aircraft is owned and operated by kemper aviation a 14 CFR flight school. While performing engine out procedures training they retracted the landing gear and heard a loud pop along with a strnage feeling in the rudder system. Several attempts were made to lower the landing gear in normal and emergency, but all attempts failed. A forced landing was made at Palm Beach International Airport (pbi) with no injuries reported. Inspection of the aircraft revealed minor damage, props bent, minor sheetmetal damage. The nose gear had jammed to the right side and would not fully retract or extend into or out of the gear well. Investigations disclosed that the nose gear exceeded its travel limits to the right side causing the mechanical stop on the strut inner housing to wedge itself under the strut housing. privacy data omitted The company is taking steps to retrain its personnel on aircraft towing pro cedures for all their aircraft. Reinaldo bahamonde pmi FSDO-17.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 7, 1999 TWO FLIGHT INSPECTORS DEPARTED LANTANA AIRPORT ON A TRAINING FLIGHT ON N8386Y A PIPER PA-30B. THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY KEMPER AVIATION A 14 CFR FLIGHT SCHOOL. WHILE PERFORMING ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES TRAINING THEY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND HEARD A LOUD POP ALONG WITH A STRNAGE FEELING IN THE RUDDER SYSTEM. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR IN NORMAL AND EMERGENCY, BUT ALL ATTEMPTS FAILED. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PBI) WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE, PROPS BENT, MINOR SHEETMETAL DAMAGE. THE NOSE GEAR HAD JAMMED TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND WOULD NOT FULLY RETRACT OR EXTEND INTO OR OUT OF THE GEAR WELL. INVESTIGATIONS DISCLOSED THAT THE NOSE GEAR EXCEEDED ITS TRAVEL LIMITS TO THE RIGHT SIDE CAUSING THE MECHANICAL STOP ON THE STRUT INNER HOUSING TO WEDGE ITSELF UNDER THE STRUT HOUSING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE COMPANY IS TAKING STEPS TO RETRAIN ITS PERSONNEL ON AIRCRAFT TOWING PRO CEDURES FOR ALL THEIR AIRCRAFT. REINALDO BAHAMONDE PMI FSDO-17.