- Date
- July 17, 1987, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grandforks, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7722YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870717035449A
- Case key
- 17272
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The commercial plt was flying cross country on a personal flight. After takeoff during gear retraction, a loud noise was heard in the cockpit. Upon reaching the first destination, the plt attempted gear down but gear did not extend. Manual extension was attempted but to no avail. The plt returned to home airport and made a gear up landing. Post accident investigation revealed evidence of nose gear centering mechanism dislodged and binding.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7722Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30811
- Airframe hours
- 3,100
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lee Schumacher
- Registered owner
- Lee F Schumacher
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1986
- Departed
- GFK
- Destination
- FAR · Fargo, ND
- Airport
- GFK · Grand Forks, runway 35R, 7,349 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,368 total · 133 in this make and model · 3,127 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 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.