# Accident 20120302003679A: Piper PA-30, Roanoke, TX, March 2, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2012, 14:15 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Northwest Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0497° N, 97.2322° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0497&lon=-97.2322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N373JT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N373JT-2015-03-23) (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: 12,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120302003679A

## Narrative

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

3/2/12: RESPONDED TO A CALL FROM THE AIRPORT MANAGER OF 52F REGARDING AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAD JUST LANDED GEAR UP ON THE RUNWAY. ARRIVED ON SCENE AS IIC AT 15:15 LCL. AIRCRAFT WAS A PIPER TWIN COMMANCHE, PA-30 THAT WAS OFF THE RUNWAY WITH IT'S GEAR PARTIALLY RETRACTED. THERE WERE SKID MARKS ORIGINATING FROM ABOUT 500' FROM RUNWAY THRESHOLD, THEN VEARING RIGHT OF CENTERLINE, THEN BACK TO THE LEFT AND ACROSS THE CENTER LINE INTO THE GRASS WHERE THE AIRCRAFT LAY. SCRAPES ON THE RUNWAY FROM THE PROPELLER AND LANDING GEAR DOORS AREN'T EVIDENT UNTIL FURTHER DOWN FROM TOUCHDOWN POINT SUGGESTING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING ROLLOUT. PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJURED. EXAMINATION OF AIRCRAFT EXTERIOR DAMAGE SHOWS BOTH PROPELLOR TIPS CURLED, PITOT TUBE DAMAGED, LANDING GEAR DOORS DAMAGED, AND AIRCRAFT BELLY SKIN DAMAGE. EXAMINATION OF AIRCRAFT INTERIOR SHOWS ALL ELECTRICAL SWITCHES IN THE OFF POSITION, MIXTURE CONTROLS AT CUT-OFF POSITION, FUEL SELECTOR VALVES OFF, AND LANDING GEAR LEVER IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE GEAR MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION, LOCATED UNDER THE GEAR ACCESS COVER, WAS TORN FROM ITS ATTACHMENT POINT.AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOST ELECTRICAL POWER ENROUTE DUE TO A FAULY ALTERNATOR. PILOT SELECTED GEAR LEVER DOWN, AND VERIFIED NOSE GEAR DOWN WITH COWL MIRROR. SINCE THERE WAS NO ELECTRICAL POWER, PILOT COULD NOT VERIFY GEAR WAS LOCKED DOWN USING NORMAL GEAR INDICATORS. PILOT ADMITTED THAT HE DID NOT USE THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE TO ENSURE GEAR WAS LOCKED DOWN.03/26/12: UPGRADED TO ACCIDENT DUE TO DAMAGE TO THE SPAR CAUSED BY THE GEAR MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION MOUNT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN12LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA204), Mar 2, 2012: Piper PA-30 (N373JT), Roanoke, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to follow the published emergency procedures to lower the landing gear following a loss of electrical power.

## Other reports on N373JT (2)

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

- [Incident 20020323003629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020323003629I), Mar 23, 2002: Piper PA30 (N373JT), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) On 23 March 2002 at approximately 1 p.m. local time I observed a Piper PA-30 twin comanche laying on its belly on runway 24. Tucson airport authority…
- [Incident 19980517018119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980517018119I), May 17, 1998: Piper PA30 (N373JT), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Smoke from NR1 com on climbout. Returned. Found burnt capacitor.

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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