# Incident 20001103021309I: Piper PA30, Sylacauga, AL, November 3, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2000, 11:00 local time
- Place: Sylacauga, AL
- Airport: Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1718° N, 86.3055° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERKEL FLD SYLACAUGA MUNI (SCD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1718&lon=-86.3055&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7442Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7442Y) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 150 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001103021309I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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