- Date
- September 25, 1983, 13:56 local (17:56 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N301WAPiper PA-32R-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830925074961I
- Case key
- 30836
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Analysis
Acft made an intentional gear up landing after both normal & emergency procedures failed to lower the gear. It was determined that the hydraulic pump motor had failed. Normal & emergency systems were interdependent. The emergency gear diaphragm was blocked by mud dauber material.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N301WA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R7780411
- Airframe hours
- 1,650
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming IO540-R16TO, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gambill Construction Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1983 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- IKB · Wilkesboro
- Destination
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORL · Orlando, runway 7, 5,998 × 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,868 total · 850 in this make and model · 3,560 as pilot in command · 277 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- ORL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N301WA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.