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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-325 · Reading, PA · August 16, 2000

Date: August 16, 2000 · 15:15 local
Place: Reading, PA
Airport: Reading Municipal Gen Carl A Spaatz
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N41127
Reported as: Piper PA31325
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,500 total2,800 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N41127Registration cancelled Oct 31, 2013 · Piper PA-31-325S/N 31-8312003 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-325

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot departed wings field (N67) enroute to Reading regional/Carl a. Spaatz field (rdg). Upon making his initial approach, pilot could not get the landing gear to fully extend. The left landing gear would not extend: it was held in the "up" position. The pilot flew the a/c for about 2 hours, burning off fuel and trying to get the landing gear to fully extend. After 2 hours the pilot elected to make a gear-up landing on runway 31. The landing was performed and the a/c sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED WINGS FIELD (N67) ENROUTE TO READING REGIONAL/CARL A. SPAATZ FIELD (RDG). UPON MAKING HIS INITIAL APPROACH, PILOT COULD NOT GET THE LANDING GEAR TO FULLY EXTEND. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND: IT WAS HELD IN THE "UP" POSITION. THE PILOT FLEW THE A/C FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS, BURNING OFF FUEL AND TRYING TO GET THE LANDING GEAR TO FULLY EXTEND. AFTER 2 HOURS THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A GEAR-UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 31. THE LANDING WAS PERFORMED AND THE A/C SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.