# Incident 20020726016969I: Piper PA31350, Burbank, CA, July 26, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2002, 22:00 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3527D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3527D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2B
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020726016969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROX. 2100 PDT ON 07/26/2002 AMF110 N3527D INBOUND FROM SMX DIVERTED TO BUR FROM EMT BECAUSE THE PILOT COULD NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT FOR THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. ALL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO LOWER THE LEFT GEAR DOWN (THE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN FUNCTIONED NORMALLY). AFTER DISCUSSION WITH HOIME MAINTENANCE AND ALL ATTEMPTS FAILED THE PILOT MADE A TWO WHEEL LANDING AT BUR. THE AIRCRAFT LANED ON RUNWAY 15 AND CAME TO REST JUST OFF CENTER LINE AT APPROX. 2000' FROM THE APPROACH END OF 15. MAINTENANCE CREWS USED AIR BAGS TO LIFT THE LEFT WING, THEY GOT A JACK IN PLACE THE RAISE IT FURTHER, AT WHICH TIME IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BROKEN FORWARD HINGE TO THE LEFT INNER MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR, THE HINGE HAD BROKEN ALLOWING THE DOOR TO JAM AT ABOUT HALF OPEN, KEEPING THE LEFT LANDING GEAR IN THE WELL. THE DOOR WAS REPOSITIONED AND THE LANDING GEAR WENT TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE HANGAR. DAMAGE WAS MINOR TO THE ASSIST STEP AT THE WING ROOT, LEFT PROP TIPS, THE LEFT FLAP, AILERON, WING TIP AND A SMALL PORTION OF THE LOWER WING SKIN.

## Other reports on N3527D (1)

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

- [Incident 20110517008389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110517008389I), May 17, 2011: Piper PA-31-350 (N3527D), North Bend, OR, Minor damage. Aircraft was flying an approach to oth when bird strike occurred with two (2) canadian gease. Aircraft sufferred minor damage to cowling, flap, and NLG area.

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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