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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Newark, OH · March 12, 2019

Date
March 12, 2019 · 13:00 local
Place
Newark, OH
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7433Y
Reported as
Piper PA-30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

During gear retraction, nose wheel failed to center and became wedged in wheel well leading to a jam of the landing gear system. Gear was unable to be extended by normal or alternate extension procedures. Pilot made gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

DURING GEAR RETRACTION, NOSE WHEEL FAILED TO CENTER AND BECAME WEDGED IN WHEEL WELL LEADING TO A JAM OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. GEAR WAS UNABLE TO BE EXTENDED BY NORMAL OR ALTERNATE EXTENSION PROCEDURES. PILOT MADE GEAR UP LANDING.

Other reports on N7433Y · 1

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