# Incident 20000816026059I: Piper PA31325, Reading, PA, August 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2000, 15:15 local time
- Place: Reading, PA
- Airport: Reading Municipal Gen Carl A Spaatz
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3392° N, 75.9263° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reading, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3392&lon=-75.9263&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41127, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41127-2013-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31325
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000816026059I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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