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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Sylacauga, AL · November 3, 2000

Date: November 3, 2000 · 11:00 local
Place: Sylacauga, AL
Airport: Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7442Y
Reported as: Piper PA30
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 440 total150 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N7442YRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-505 Airframe modelPiper PA-30 Engine modelLycoming IO-320 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 landing on runway 27 at sylvacauga, Alabama (scd), the pilot stated a/c pulled to the right and the landing gear collapsed. A witness to the landing stated the a/c landed with the landing gear retracted. Upon inspection of the a/c, the landing gear handle was down, and the landing gear motor circuit breaker was tripped. It is evident that the pilot did not confirm that the landing gear was down on landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 AT SYLVACAUGA, ALABAMA (SCD), THE PILOT STATED A/C PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. A WITNESS TO THE LANDING STATED THE A/C LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. UPON INSPECTION OF THE A/C, THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS DOWN, AND THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS TRIPPED. IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE PILOT DID NOT CONFIRM THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN ON LANDING.