# Incident 19991107037499I: Piper PA30, West Palm Beach, FL, November 7, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1999, 19:49 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8386Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8386Y-2012-11-13) (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: 1,450 total, 100 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991107037499I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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