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FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Palmer, AK · February 6, 2026

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Date
February 6, 2026 · 15:05 local
Place
Palmer, AK
Airport
Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7473Y
Reported as
Piper PA-30
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
30,000 total
N7473YRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-538 · Built 1964Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Interviewed the pilot of that had a gear collapse while landing at paq. Pilot stated that he had an issue with the gear not coming down during approach and had to run the emergency checklist. The first step in the checklist was to check the landing gear motor circuit breaker. It was open and the pilot closed it and the gear operated normally. He had a visual confirmation the gear was down and lock via a mirror and felt feedback from the rudder pedals the gear was down and locked. As a precaution the pilot had a ground crew member verify the gear was fully extended prior to landing. All indications confirmed the gear was down. Pilot landed and noted the main gear touched down first and everything was normal from that point then as the nose gear was contacting the ground the aircraft kept going down until it struck the runway, once it contacted the ground the main gear collapsed as well. The aircraft slid on its belly and came to rest with no injuries. Damage to the propeller and skin damage to the belly of the aircraft was notice.

As the FAA filed it

INTERVIEWED THE PILOT OF THAT HAD A GEAR COLLAPSE WHILE LANDING AT PAQ. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE GEAR NOT COMING DOWN DURING APPROACH AND HAD TO RUN THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. THE FIRST STEP IN THE CHECKLIST WAS TO CHECK THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER. IT WAS OPEN AND THE PILOT CLOSED IT AND THE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY. HE HAD A VISUAL CONFIRMATION THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCK VIA A MIRROR AND FELT FEEDBACK FROM THE RUDDER PEDALS THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. AS A PRECAUTION THE PILOT HAD A GROUND CREW MEMBER VERIFY THE GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED PRIOR TO LANDING. ALL INDICATIONS CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS DOWN. PILOT LANDED AND NOTED THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN FIRST AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL FROM THAT POINT THEN AS THE NOSE GEAR WAS CONTACTING THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT KEPT GOING DOWN UNTIL IT STRUCK THE RUNWAY, ONCE IT CONTACTED THE GROUND THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AS WELL. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS BELLY AND CAME TO REST WITH NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND SKIN DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTICE.