# NTSB LAX80DUJ16: Piper PA-30, N7420Y, Chandler, AZ, December 6, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 6, 1979
- Place: Chandler, AZ · CHANDLER, AZ
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 4, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132704
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80DUJ16
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ16

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3740   79/12/6 NR.CHANDLER,AZ        PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1100                    N7420Y              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 31, 4237 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            116 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STELLAR AIRPARK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         CHANDLER,AZ                  SEDONA,AZ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE
        REMARKS- NOSE GEAR ELEC WIRING DMGD BY FOREIGN OBJECT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7420Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7420Y), registered now, S/N 30-484, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Stellar Airpark

## 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 19791206037339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791206037339A), Dec 6, 1979: Piper PA30, Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. Landing gear wires damaged by foreign object. Gear would not retract. Cranked gear down. Gear collapsed on 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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