# Incident 20230919021459I: Piper PA-30, Arlington, TX, September 19, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2023, 08:05 local time
- Place: Arlington, TX
- Airport: Arlington Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6639° N, 97.0943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARLINGTON MUNI (GKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6639&lon=-97.0943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8268Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8268Y) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230919021459I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KGKY) AT APPROXIMATELY 0730 TO COMPLETE AIRBORNE MANEUVERS DURING STUDENT FLIGHT.  AFTER RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE RIGHT DOWNWIND AND SET UP FOR LANDING.  DURING LANDING CHECKS, THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT BRIEFLY ILLUMINATED AND THEN EXTINGUISHED.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO WAS PIC ELECTED TO COMPLETE A LOW APPROACH WITH TOWER TO VERIFY THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED. AFTER THE TOWER CONFIRMED THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED ANOTHER TRAFFIC PATTERN.  THE PIC CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH AND HEARD THE MOTOR ACTUATE HOWEVER AND THE GEAR INDICATED DOWN WITH THREE GREEN INDICATORS ILLUMINATED.  ON THE TURN TO FINAL, THE LIGHT FLICKERED MOMENTAIRLY AND THE PIC LANDED THE AIRCRAFT.  UPON LANDING, BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR COMPRESSED HOWEVER SHORTLY BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS.  ALL THREE LANDING GEAR WERE IN THE UP POSITION AND THERE WERE SEVERAL WITNESS MARKS ON THE RUNWAY. UPON INTERVIEWING BOTH PILOTS, IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT LANDING CHECKS WERE COMPLETED PER THE CHECKLIST. BOTH PILOTS STATED THAT THEY DID NOT USE THE EMERGENCY MANUAL EXTENSION CHECKLIST FOR THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO THE POSITIVE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS AND THERE WAS NO REFERENCE TO THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST OTHER THAN THE PRELANDING CHECKS.

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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