- Date
- October 21, 1983, 00:15 local (04:15 UTC)
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7536YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831021055119A
- Case key
- 12483
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After takeoff from dyersburg the gear would not fully retract. The plt attempted to lower the gear manually but it was stuck in the transient position. The plt then diverted to Indianapolis & landed with the gear in the transient position. Investigation revealed that the left main landing gear push-pull cable had been pulled out of its housing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7536Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-600
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James E. Threherne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 11, 1983
- Departed
- DYR · Dyersburg, TN
- Destination
- 3I7 · Phillipsburg, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- IND · Indianapolis, runway 4L, 10,000 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,176 total · 240 in this make and model · 1,011 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7536Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.