# NTSB ATL83LA090: Piper PA-30, N7737Y, Greenville, SC, January 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 13, 1983, 14:14 local (19:14 UTC)
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Coordinates: 34.769886, -82.379341 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7699&lon=-82.3793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5999
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5999/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA090

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE RAISED THE GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS DURING THE LANDING ROLL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7737Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30-827
- Airframe hours: 3932
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-320-B1A 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Allen, John H.
- Registered owner: Gooding, Stephen C.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 3, 1982, 37 hours before
- Departed: GSP, GREER, SC
- Airport: GMU, Greenville, runway 36, 5,393 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,396 total, 53 in this make and model, 1,357 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830113001489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830113001489A), Jan 13, 1983: Piper PA30, Greenville, SC, Substantial damage. Pilot retracted gear instead of flaps during touch and go landing.

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.

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