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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Lancaster, PA · January 19, 2012

Date
January 19, 2012 · 08:40 local
Place
Lancaster, PA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N114RS
Reported as
Piper PA-30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 in this make and model6 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.

Pilot could not lower gear. Requested tower personnel contact someone familiar with emergency operation of gear. Ground personnel assisted pilot with emergency gear procedures via telephone/radio. Gear collapsed upon touchdown.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT COULD NOT LOWER GEAR. REQUESTED TOWER PERSONNEL CONTACT SOMEONE FAMILIAR WITH EMERGENCY OPERATION OF GEAR. GROUND PERSONNEL ASSISTED PILOT WITH EMERGENCY GEAR PROCEDURES VIA TELEPHONE/RADIO. GEAR COLLAPSED UPON TOUCHDOWN.

Other reports on N114RS · 1

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