# Incident 20051224031259I: Piper PA31350, Phoenix, AZ, December 24, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2005, 11:56 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: W6TA
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N494SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N494SC-2017-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051224031259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 28, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:56 AM, AFTER THE PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED GEAR DOWN FOR LANDING, ONLY TWO GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. PILOT CALLED TOWER AND ASKED FOR A FLY BY WHICH SHOWED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AT ALL. PILOT TRIED EMERGENCY EXTENSION BUT THAT WAS OF NO EFFECT. PILOT EXECUTED A GEAR UP LANDING WITH ENGINES SHUT DOWN AND PROPELLERS FEATHERED. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT FROM GEAR UP LANDING WAS MINOR. LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS HELD UP BY UPLOCK DURING LANDING. CAUSE OF LEFT MAIN GEAR FAILURE TO EXTEND WAS A BROKEN ROD END ON THE RETRACT/EXTEND ACTUATOR. THIS ACTUATOR ALSO RELEASES THE UPLOCK. EVIDENCE OF A PRE-EXISTING CRACK WAS EVIDENT ON BROKEN SURFACE OF ACTUATOR ROD. PMI FOR WESTERN AVIATORS, INC. REVIEWED THE AIRCRAFT'S MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND FOUND THE PREVIOUS 50 HOUR, 100 HOUR, AND ANNUAL INSPECTIONS HAD BEEN COMPLIED WITH WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIMES.

## Other reports on N494SC (3)

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

- [Incident 19980313006599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980313006599I), Mar 13, 1998: Piper PA31350 (N494SC), Ontario, CA. Narrative: westavia 31, a PA-31 enroute from lgb to las diverted to ont because of an engine failure. While climbing thru 7000 ft. MSL, the manifold pressure…
- [Incident 19880105003669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880105003669I), Jan 5, 1988: Piper PA31350 (N494SC), Soldotna, AK, Minor damage. Hit a moose lying on runway during landing rollout. Damage to prop and landing gear.
- [Incident 19850613032489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850613032489I), Jun 13, 1985: Piper PA31350 (N494SC), Soldotna_______, AK, Minor damage. Pilot decided to make touch and go on the way to work. Failed to extend gear for second landing.

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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