# Incident 20180921013989I: Piper PA-31T, Wichita, KS, September 21, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2018, 14:14 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23WP-2020-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31T
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 450 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180921013989I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT JABARA AIRPORT WICHITA, KS(KAAO) AND HAD AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. DEPARTED PATTERN AND ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR.  AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO LOWER GEAR MANUALLY, THE PILOT FLEW TO WICHITA EISENHOUSER AIRPORT (ICT) AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 35 LEFT AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE..DUE TO LACK OF RESOURCES AT THE AIRPORT THE CAUSE OF THE GEAR COLLAPSE REMAINS UNDETERMINED.

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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