# Incident 20001219030789I: Piper PA31350, Newark, OH, December 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2000, 17:43 local time
- Place: Newark, OH
- Airport: Newark-Heath Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0247° N, 82.4618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Newark Heath Airport (VTA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0247&lon=-82.4618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N333SC-2004-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001219030789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 19, 2000, AT APPROX. 1743 EST, A PILOT OF AN A/C PIPER PA-31-350, N333SC, INBOUND TO SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, REPORTED THAT WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING FEAR. PIC REPORTED THAT AFTER NUMEROUS EXTENSIONS AND RETRACTIONS HE OVERFLEW THE AIRPORT, RECEIVED VISUAL CONFIRMATION FROM THE GROUND THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR APPEARED TO BE RETRACTED, THEN DIVERTED TO NEWARK/HEATH AIRPORT. THE PIC REPORTED THAT AT ALTITUDE AND WITH AUTOPILOT ON HE PROCEEDED TO REVIEW, BRIEF THE PASSENGER, AND EXECUTIVE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, THE A/C WAS REPORTED TO BE EXPOSED TO A TEMPERATURE OF -18 CENTIGRADE FOR 50 MINUTES. THE A/C LANDED AT THE NEWARK/HEATH AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 27, RIGHT MAIN GEAR UP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED BY EITHER THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N333SC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990111015649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990111015649I), Jan 11, 1999: Piper PA31350 (N333SC), Newark, OH, Substantial damage. (-5)On January 11, 1999, at approximately 1625 local time, a Piper pa 31-350, N333SC, was landing on runway 9 at the Newark-Heath Airport, Heath, OH. Pilot had…

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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