# Accident 20190808015799A: Piper PA-30, Mesa, AZ, August 8, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2019, 10:44 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3150° N, 111.6581° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3150&lon=-111.6581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10KC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10KC-2021-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 32,400 total, 28 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190808015799A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED FALCON FIELD AIRPORT (KFFZ) AT 0710 LOCAL FOR COMMUNICATION AND MULTI-ENGINE TRAINING FLIGHT WITH A STUDENT PILOT. DURING A SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE GO-AROUND OFF THE ILS 5 APPROACH AT CASA GRANDE AIRPORT (KCGZ) WHILE RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR IT MECHANICALLY JAMMED WITH THE NOSE GEAR TIRE ABOUT 1/3 IN THE WHEEL WELL AS SEEN IN MIRRORS MOUNTED ON THE INSIDE OF THE ENGINE COWL PANELS. SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS TO RAISE OR LOWER THE LANDING GEAR FAILED WITH THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPING. THE PILOT FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, WHICH SAID TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY. THE MANUAL ATTEMPT ALSO FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND GEAR UP AT PHOENIX-MESA GATEWAY AIRPORT (KIWA) AS THERE ARE 3 LONG RUNWAYS AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PROCEEDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 12L AT (KIWA) WITH THE FUEL SHUT OFF AND BOTH ENGINES SHUT DOWN AND PROPS FEATHERED TO THE HORIZONTAL POSITION. ON TOUCHDOWN, THEY CRACKED OPEN THE DOORS, AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED SLIDING ON THE RUNWAY IN ABOUT 300 TO 400 FEET. THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE MAGS, AND MASTER SWITCH AND BOTH EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR19LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA220), Aug 8, 2019: Piper PA 30 (N10KC), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the landing gear due to the nose gear being positioned to the far right during retraction, which caused the nose gear to jam upon retraction.

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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