20180316002849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Corpus Christi, TX · March 16, 2018

Date
March 16, 2018 · 12:50 local
Place
Corpus Christi, TX
Airport
Corpus Christi
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N610LB
Reported as
Piper PA-32R-300
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,313 total14 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Crew was unable to get gear down indication and preformed an emergency gear extension. Upon landing the left main gear collapsed and the aircraft departed the runway. There were no injuries to the crew and only minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

CREW WAS UNABLE TO GET GEAR DOWN INDICATION AND PREFORMED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. UPON LANDING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.