# Incident 20070429006819I: Tmpson NAVIONA, Pittsburgh, PA, April 29, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2007, 15:41 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4820K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4820K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION A (registry code 6150162, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVIONA
- Reported engine: CONT E185*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 370 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070429006819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1541E, N4820K, A NAVION, WAS AT THE LOWER WEST RAMP AND STARTING TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 28 WHEN THE GEAR COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PILOT SELECTED THE HYDRAULIC PUMP SWITCH TO THE ON POSITION WITH THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION; THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N4820K (1)

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

- [Incident 19891012056579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891012056579I), Oct 12, 1989: Tmpson NAVIONA (N4820K), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. Noise and unsafe gear light on. Unable to lower gear. Landed beside runway. Found broken rod end.

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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