# Incident 20010225003019I: Piper PA30, Casa Grande, AZ, February 25, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2001, 15:00 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Airport: Casa Grande Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9549° N, 111.7668° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CASA GRANDE MUNI (CGZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9549&lon=-111.7668&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7510Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7510Y-2017-06-01) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 643 total, 80 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010225003019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT HAD MADE A LANDING GEAR UP LANDING AT THE CASA GRANDE AIRPORT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE PILOT HAD STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE PUT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND STATED THAT HE SAW THE GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHT. THE CHECKLIST FOR THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFT, NONE OF THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATORS APPEARED TO BE DAMAGED, NOR WAS THERE EVIDENCE OF ANY LEAKING HYDRAULIC FLUID CONSISTENT WITH A SYSTEM FAILURE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SAW NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN ON IT'S BELLY. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE THE LANDING GEAR WAS FULLY RETRACTED INTO THE WHEEL WELLS. WEATHER AND RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE NOT A FACTOR. THE AIRCRAFT HAD ALL OF THE REQUIRED INSPECTIONS HOWEVER THE PILOT/OWNER DID NOT POSSESS A AD COMPLIANCE LIST. THE PILOT HAD ONLY OWNED THE AIRCRAFT FOR A YEAR BUT DID HAVE EXPERIENCE IN OTHER RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N7510Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20081023851089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081023851089A), Oct 23, 2008: Piper PA30 (N7510Y), Selmer, TN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Pilot was certified VFR flying in IFR conditions.

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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