# Incident 20030930024569I: Piper PA30, Elkton, MD, September 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Elkton, MD
- Airport: Raintree Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6058° N, 75.8217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elkton, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6058&lon=-75.8217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7435Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7435Y) (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 IO320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 2,500 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/20030930024569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 31 AND ROLLING OUT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. GEAR INDICATIONS AND OPERATION WERE NORMAL PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED, GEAR EXTENDED MANUALLY AND TOWED TO HANGAR. THE GEAR ACTUATING BELLCRANK WAS BROKEN, INDICATING THAT THE GEAR WAS APPARENTLY NOT SECURED BY THE DOWNLOCKS. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT IS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED THE REPAIRING AGENCY IS TO SUBMIT A MALFUNCTION/DEFECT REPORT DESCRIBING THE FAILURE. THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION AND GEAR RETRACTION TEST WAS 9/14/02.

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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