# Incident 20081012855969I: Piper PA30, Orlando, FL, October 12, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2008, 15:23 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Gateway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2898° N, 81.4371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE GATEWAY (ISM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2898&lon=-81.4371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99AR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99AR) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 625 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/20081012855969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 12, 2008 APPROXIMATELLY 1323 EDT, A PIPER PA-30, N99AR, REGISTERED TO BERKSHIRE BUILDING SERVICES, INC. AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ADVISED APPROACH OF AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION.  ON LANDING, RUNWAY 6 AT KISSIMMEE GATEWAY AIRPORT, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  UPON INVESTIGATION WITH MECHANIC, WE FOUND THAT THE RIGHT MAIN STRUT HOUSING HAD BROKEN WHICH WOULD NOT LET THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN AND/OR LOCK.  NO EVIDENCE OF A HARD LANDING.  CASE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N99AR (1)

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

- [Incident 19960517017869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960517017869I), May 17, 1996: Piper PA30 (N99AR), Middletown, PA. Narrative: enroute from toronto, ontario to dulles national, pilot lost left engine. Engine was secured 20 NM north west of williamsport, PA (ipt), pilot…

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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