# Incident 20210220002679I: Piper PA-30, Mason, MI, February 20, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2021, 12:30 local time
- Place: Mason, MI
- Airport: Mason-Jewitt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5807° N, 84.4423° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mason, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5807&lon=-84.4423&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7164Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7164Y) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,175 total, 19 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210220002679I

## Narrative

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

ON 02/20/2021 THE PILOT LISTED IN THIS REPORT OPERATED THE AIRCRAFT, N7164Y, WITH THE INTENTION OF PERFORMING TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS TO RENEW HIS 90 DAY CURRENCY FOR CARRYING PASSENGERS.  A PRE-TAKEOFF RUN UP WAS PERFORMED PER THE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WRITTEN CHECKLIST.  DURING THE RUN UP THE LANDING GEAR INDICATION WAS NOTED IN THE DOWN POSITION WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED.  AFTER TAKE OFF THE PILOT PLACED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH INTO THE GEAR UP POSITION.  AFTER ENTERING THE DOWNWIND LEG THE PILOT PLACED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH TO THE DOWN POSITION AND PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW THE CHECKLIST.  THE PILOT STATED AT THIS POINT HIS ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN LANDING AHEAD OF HIM.  HE ADJUSTED HIS AIRSPEED AND DOWNWIND LENGTH TO MAINTAIN PROPER SPACING WITH THE A/C. THE PILOT CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THE WRITTEN CHECKLIST, MANAGING AIRSPEED AND FLAP EXTENSION. HE CONFIRMED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR NOT EXTENDED, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. THE FAA AND OWNER WERE NOTIFIED AND THE AIRPORT RUNWAY CLOSED.  AN EMPLOYEE OF THE OWNER ARRIVED AT THE AIRCRAFT AND DISCOVERED THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR 30 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED.  AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED, A CRANE WAS ARRANGED TO RAISE THE AIRCRAFT.  ONCE RAISED, THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PUSHED IN, THE  LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED DOWN, ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO BE TOWED TO THE OWNERS HANGAR.

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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