# Incident 20120803016329I: Piper PA-31-350, Portland, OR, August 3, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2012, 08:45 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 45.5887° N, 122.5969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL (PDX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5887&lon=-122.5969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42076, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42076-2023-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,515 total, 1,023 in this make and model, 156 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120803016329I

## Narrative

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

ENROUTE FROM EUG TO RBG WHEN ON DOWNWIND FOR RBG RT MAIN LANDING GEAR (RMLG) SHOWS UNSAFE WITH NO GREEN BUT A RED LIGHT.  RECYCLED GEAR WITH NO CHANGE.  ATTEMPTED MANUAL EXTENSION WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.  AFTER CONFERRING WITH COMPANY ATTEMPTED PULLING HIGH "G'S" TO GET THE GEAR DOWN WITH NO SUCCESS.  PLANNED TO GO TO EUG TOWER FOR A FLY BY TO CONFIRM UNSAFE RMLG, BUT COMPANY DECIDED TO FLY TO PDX INSTEAD FOR THE VISUAL AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING IF REQUIRED.  PDX TOWER CONFRIMED RMLG WAS UNSAFE ON FLY BY.  CONTINUED TO CIRCLE FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TROUBLESHOOTING WITH COMPANY, BUT EVENTUALLY MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 03.  LANDED ON LEFT MAIN AND STAYED TO LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY UNTIL RIGHT SIDE DROPPED DOWN AND CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE OFF RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE.  RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK WHILE UNDER POWER.  SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT AILERON, RIGHT FLAP AND INNER RMLG DOOR.PILOT WAS ABLE TO EGRESS A/C WITH NO INJURIES SUSTAINED.

## Other reports on N42076 (1)

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

- [Incident 20170104011099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170104011099I), Jan 4, 2017: Piper PA-31-350 (N42076), Roseburg, OR, Minor damage. Sequence of events: - Departed pdx approximately 0800 local, flew the vor-a approach (with DME) at rbg which is nearly in-line with runway 34. - Weather was…

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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