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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · Scappoose, OR · August 23, 2012

Date: August 23, 2012 · 16:00 local
Place: Scappoose, OR
Airport: Scappoose Industrial Airpark
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N222BP
NTSB investigation: NTSBWPR12LA366
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: 450 total70 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N222BPRegistration cancelled Jan 26, 2015 · Piper PA-30S/N 30-1510 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-30 Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot departed pearson field for Scappoose Industrial Airpark to refuel. Arriving at scappose the pilot attempted to lower the gear normally, but was unsucessful. He tried to cycle the gear and was still unsucessfull. He flew around for better than 30 minutes and tried every solution to lower the gear including the manual gear handle. He then elected to land gear up on the grass between the runway and taxiway. The area was not particularly smooth and major damage resulted

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED PEARSON FIELD FOR SCAPPOOSE INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK TO REFUEL. ARRIVING AT SCAPPOSE THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR NORMALLY, BUT WAS UNSUCESSFUL. HE TRIED TO CYCLE THE GEAR AND WAS STILL UNSUCESSFULL. HE FLEW AROUND FOR BETTER THAN 30 MINUTES AND TRIED EVERY SOLUTION TO LOWER THE GEAR INCLUDING THE MANUAL GEAR HANDLE.HE THEN ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP ON THE GRASS BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. THE AREA WAS NOT PARTICULARLY SMOOTH AND MAJOR DAMAGE RESULTED

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB WPR12LA366Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportScappoose, ORThe failure of the landing gear to fully extend as a result of a failure of the landing gear transmission assembly for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.Aug 23, 2012 · Substantial damage