20100613035889I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Grain Valley, MO · June 13, 2010

Date
June 13, 2010 · 16:00 local
Place
Grain Valley, MO
Airport
Grain Valley
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3887T
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-180
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
818 total260 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft landed gear-up on runway 27. The pilot in command made contact with the Kansas city FSDO and informed the office that the landing gear had collapsed for no apparent reason during the landing roll-out. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the propeller and underside of the fuselage. Post incident investigation revealed no damage that would suggest a gear failure or malfunction. No evidence or damage could be located on either wingtip or nose of the aircraft. Evident was damage suggesting that none of the gear were down and locked at the time the aircraft touched down.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR-UP ON RUNWAY 27. THE PILOT IN COMMAND MADE CONTACT WITH THE KANSAS CITY FSDO AND INFORMED THE OFFICE THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD COLLAPSED FOR NO APPARENT REASON DURING THE LANDING ROLL-OUT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO DAMAGE THAT WOULD SUGGEST A GEAR FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. NO EVIDENCE OR DAMAGE COULD BE LOCATED ON EITHER WINGTIP OR NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. EVIDENT WAS DAMAGE SUGGESTING THAT NONE OF THE GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED AT THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN.

Other reports on N3887T · 1

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