# Incident 20181006019509I: Piper PA-30, Phoenix, AZ, October 6, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2018, 15:21 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7261Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7261Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181006019509I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 6, 2018, N7261Y, A PIPER PA-30, SERIAL NUMBER 30-295, A CFI WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO?S WITH ANOTHER PILOT RECEIVING A CHECKOUT IN THAT MAKE/MODEL AT THE PHOENIX DEER VALLEY AIRPORT (DVT).  AT 1521 MST DURING THE 3RD AND LAST INTENDED LANDING ON RUNWAY 25L THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE A COLLAPSE OF ALL 3 LANDING GEAR.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.  AN AIRCRAFT RECOVERY CREW RAISE THE AIRCRAFT AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS OBSERVED TO BE PARTLY EXTENDED.  THE LANDING GEAR WAS MANUALLY EXTENDED, HOWEVER THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WOULD ONLY EXTEND ½ OF THE WAY DOWN.  AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO PHYSICALLY PULL THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  THAT GEAR WAS THEN FORCED BACK UP INTO THE WHEEL WELL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONED TO THE AIRCRAFT OWNER?S HANGAR ON THE FIELD WHERE IT PUT ON JACK STANDS.

BOTH THE CFI AND THE PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT WERE INTERVIEWED.  BOTH PILOTS STATED THEY WERE POSITIVE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN AND HAD NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE PRIOR TWO LANDINGS.

AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT HOUSING HAD BROKEN AWAY FROM THE AFT TRUNNION PIN AT THE POINT THE STRUT IS BOLTED TO THE PIN.  THE PUSH-PULL ROD FOR THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS BENT AT WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE GEAR TORQUE TUBE, BUT IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THIS OCCURRED DURING THE LANDING OR WAS A RESULT OF THE RIGHT GEAR BEING FORCED BACK INTO THE WHEEL WELL DURING RECOVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT.

BOTH BRAKE CALIPERS EXHIBITED HEAVY ABRASION AT AN ANGLE ON THE LOWER OUTBOARD AREA OF THEIR HOUSINGS CONSISTENT WITH THE LANDING GEAR DRAGGING ON THE RUNWAY WHILE PARTLY EXTENDED.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR ALSO EXPERIENCED HEAVY ABRASION WHEN IT WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE NOSE WHEEL AND THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  THIS DAMAGE WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED IF THE LANDING GEAR WERE STILL IN THE RETRACTED POSITION DURING LANDING.

## Other reports on N7261Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990116013469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990116013469I), Jan 16, 1999: Piper PA30 (N7261Y), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-5)On January 16, 1999 aircraft N7261Y, s/n 30-295, PA-30-30 was on an instructional flight. Aircraft N7261 take off from David Wayne Hooks airport (dwh) and…

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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