# Incident 20120119001219I: Piper PA-30, Lancaster, PA, January 19, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2012, 08:40 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0421° N, 76.3010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0421&lon=-76.3010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114RS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N114RS) (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 PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120119001219I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19890914053439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890914053439I), Sep 14, 1989: Piper PA30 (N114RS), Syracuse, NY. Right engine magneto rough on climbout. Returned. Spark plugs were fouled.

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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