# Incident 20260206000619I: Piper PA-30, Palmer, AK, February 6, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2026, 15:05 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5949° N, 149.0887° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARREN "BUD" WOODS PALMER MUNI (PAQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5949&lon=-149.0887&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7473Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7473Y) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260206000619I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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