# Incident 20040215006669I: Piper PA30, Rockford, IL, February 15, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2004, 13:21 local time
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Airport: Greater Rockford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2711° N, 89.0940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockford, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2711&lon=-89.0940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7074Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7074Y) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040215006669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED RFD, FLEW TO JVL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DEPARTED JVL FOR DBQ AND UPON LANDING, RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR ON PA-30, N7074Y WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND. PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO RFD WHERE PIC WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN HIS ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. PIC FLEW BY RFD ATCT AND WAS ADVISED BY TOWER CONTROLLER THAT THE GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE FULLY DOWN. N7404Y WAS LANDED AND GEAR COLLAPSED ON RUNWAY ONE AT RFD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF N7404Y AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE WAS INCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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