# Incident 20170121006469I: Piper PA-28R-180, Ford City, PA, January 21, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2017, 12:30 local time
- Place: Ford City, PA
- Airport: Mcville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7346° N, 79.5956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MCVILLE (6P7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7346&lon=-79.5956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3825T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3825T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170121006469I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM ZELIENOPLE AIRPORT (KPJC), THE PILOT PUT THE LANDING GEAR UP AND HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE INDICATOR LIGHTS SHOWED THE RIGHT GEAR IN TRANSIT. THE PILOT RESET THE GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER AND ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WITH NO RESULTS. THE PILOT RADIOED THE GROUND AT MCVILLE AIRPORT (6P7) AND THEY THOUGHT THE GEAR WAS DOWN BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE IF IT WAS LOCKED. THE PILOT HELD THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY AS LONG AS HE COULD ON LANDING BUT THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLL OUT AS THE AIRSPEED DECREASED. DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT GEAR DOOR, RIGHT FLAP AND RIGHT GEAR LINKAGE OCCURRED. A POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT GEAR RETRACTION FITTING (PART NUMBER 67031-03) TABS HAD BROKEN OFF, DISCONNECTING THE ACTUATOR FROM THE RIGHT GEAR LEG.

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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