- Date
- February 24, 1988, 22:30 local (Feb 25, 1988, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jupiter, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7377YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880224007319A
- Case key
- 32140
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Analysis
The plt stated that he had completed a ldg away from his home base without the gear down & locked lights being illuminated. He stated that he had assumed the lights were 'burned out'. Upon departure, he retracted the gear & flew to his home airport. Upon arrival, he again failed to get any gear down & locked light but continued his ldg aprch. The gear collapsed on touch down & the acft slid to a stop on its belly. The plt stated that the ldg gear drive motor had been blowing fuses when he attempted to lower the gear, but it never occurred to him to extend the gear by the emerg system. The acft was later raised from the rwy & the gear was extended by the emergency system. An exam of the gear motor revealed that it had burned out. The acft was manufg in 1964 & had flown 2376 hrs since that time. The ldg motor was an original component & had never been overhauled. The plt stated that it was due to his oversight that he failed to extend the gear by the emergency system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7377Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-431
- Airframe hours
- 2,376
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- H. Rodman Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 7, 1987 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- MCO · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- FD15 · Jupiter, FL
- Airport
- FD15 · Tailwinds, runway 9, 2,700 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 248 total · 48 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 22 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.