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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Hartsville, SC · September 19, 2012

Date: September 19, 2012 · 10:00 local
Place: Hartsville, SC
Airport: Hartsville Regional
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N7364Y
Reported as: Piper PA-30
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,300 total60 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N7364YRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Piper PA-30S/N 30-415 · Built 1964 Airframe modelPiper PA-30 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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 stated he felt and heard the gear go into the postion. A gear extension/retraction was done just before the flight with no abnormalities. After the gear up landing, the aircraft was placed on jacks and another gear extension/retraction inspection was conducted and again without abnormalities. Inspection revealed that the nav light in the on position dims the gear down light. The gear up horn worked as described in the aircraft manual. Upon inspection, the flaps showed no indication that they were down at the time if ground contact.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED HE FELT AND HEARD THE GEAR GO INTO THE POSTION. A GEAR EXTENSION/RETRACTION WAS DONE JUST BEFORE THE FLIGHT WITH NO ABNORMALITIES. AFTER THE GEAR UP LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND ANOTHER GEAR EXTENSION/RETRACTION INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AND AGAIN WITHOUT ABNORMALITIES. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE NAV LIGHT IN THE ON POSITION DIMS THE GEAR DOWN LIGHT. THE GEAR UP HORN WORKED AS DESCRIBED IN THE AIRCRAFT MANUAL. UPON INSPECTION, THE FLAPS SHOWED NO INDICATION THAT THEY WERE DOWN AT THE TIME IF GROUND CONTACT.