# Accident 20040822028369A: Piper PA30, Auburn, CA, August 22, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2004, 10:06 local time
- Place: Auburn, CA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9547° N, 121.0817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9547&lon=-121.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8475Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8475Y) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA325](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA325) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040822028369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORT FILED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED THE PILOT STATED "JUST BEFORE LANDING HE MISTAKENLY HIT THE CONTROLS FOR THE FLAPS INSTEAD OF THE CONTROLS TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE PLANE THEN DID A BELLY LANDING." DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS AS FOLLOWS, BOTH PROPELLERS, BOTH ENGINES REQUIRE SUDDEN STOP INSPECTION, R/H GEAR LINKAGE IS DAMAGED BY SIDE LOAD, L/H WING AT THE MID SECTION THERE IS SPAR DAMAGE, L/H WING TIP, AILERON, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND BELLY. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND FOUND THE GEAR SYSTEM OPERATIONALLY SOUND, EXCEPT FOR THE DAMAGE DUE TO THE SIDE LOADING DURING THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX04LA325](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA325), Aug 22, 2004: Piper PA-30 (N8475Y), Auburn, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a collapse of the landing gear for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N8475Y (3)

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

- [Incident 19951001036899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951001036899I), Oct 1, 1995: Piper PA30 (N8475Y), North Little Ro, AR, Minor damage. Narrative: history of flight; on October 1, 1995, CDT, a Piper LPA-30, N8475Y, registered to westnight of dover, del. And flown by thomas meeks of north Little…
- [Incident 19810818063969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810818063969I), Aug 18, 1981: Piper PA30 (N8475Y), Topeka, KS, Minor damage. On crosswind takeoff left gear struck runway. On landing gear indicated unsafe, collapsed on rollout.
- [Incident 19780814037299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780814037299I), Aug 14, 1978: Piper PA30 (N8475Y), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Gear retracted on takeoff. Found faulty gear actuator switch.

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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