# Incident 20000927029719I: Piper PA30, Baltimore, MD, September 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2000, 16:33 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Baltimore-Washington International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2904° N, 76.6122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baltimore, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2904&lon=-76.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69RD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69RD) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 1,730 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000927029719I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 9/27/00 I INVESTIGATED A GEAR UP LANDING AT BALTIMORE (BWI). ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ LANDED HIS PIPER COMACHE (PA-30) ON RWY 33R AND EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSED OF THE LANDING GEAR.  MY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ^PRIVACY DA^ EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHILE APPROACHING BALTIMORE.  ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED HE HAD EXTENDED THE  LANDING GEAR AND CHECKED IT WITH THE MIRROR ON THE ENGINE COWL AND IT LOOKED TO BE DOWN.  ^PRIVACY DA^ USED A HAND COMM. TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CONTROL TOWER AND PERFORMED A FLY BY AND THE TOWER REPORTED THAT THE GEAR LOOKED TO BE DOWN.   ^PRIVACY DA^ ELECTED NOT TO ATTEMPT AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF THE GEAR FOR FEAR IT WOULD COMPROMISE THE FACT THAT IT WAS DOWN. ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED IN RETROSPECT HE WISHED HE HAD PERFORMED THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION.  THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED WITH A COUNSELING OF THE PILOT.

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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