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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301 · North Myrtle Be, SC · May 31, 2000

Date: May 31, 2000 · 21:45 local
Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
Airport: Grand Strand
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9236V
Reported as: Piper PA32R301
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 379 total10 in this make and model41 in the last 90 days

N9236VRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-301S/N 3213069 · Built 1993 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-301 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)On may 31, 2000, at 2145 local time, privacy data omitted,the pilot in command and sole occupant of N9236V, a Piper PA32R-301, experienced landing gear extension problems while approaching the north Myrtle beach,SC (cre) airport. On landing the right main landing gear collapsed and the aircraft sustained minor damage. The pilot was not injured. Evaluation of the aircraft revealed a hydraulic leak at rigid line b-nut beneath the hydraulic power pack which depleted the hydraulic reservior.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ON MAY 31, 2000, AT 2145 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^,THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF N9236V, A PIPER PA32R-301, EXPERIENCED LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROBLEMS WHILE APPROACHING THE NORTH MYRTLE BEACH,SC (CRE) AIRPORT. ON LANDING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. EVALUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A HYDRAULIC LEAK AT RIGID LINE B-NUT BENEATH THE HYDRAULIC POWER PACK WHICH DEPLETED THE HYDRAULIC RESERVIOR.