- Date
- October 14, 1989, 19:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Naples, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7599YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891014047709A
- Case key
- 32595
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Probable cause
Collapse of the landing gear during the landing roll due to an undetermined reason.
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 plt rprtd that after takeoff, the landing gear did not retract. He attempted to recycle it svrl times, then after turning off the 'panel lights,' the landing gear indcr (down & locked light) illuminated. He flew by the tower for visual confirmation that the gear was down. After being advised that it was, he returned for landing. He rprtd that after reducing power to land with no warning horn, the airplane touched down. During the landing roll, the gear collapsed. No reason was found for the gear to collapse. The owner's handbook noted that the landing gear indcr lights would dim when the nav lights were on.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7599Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-668
- Airframe hours
- 3,133
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Schindler, Ronald D.
- Registered owner
- Schindler, Ronald D
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1989 · 14 hours before
- Airport
- APF · Naples Muni, runway 22, 5,000 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 538 total · 84 in this make and model · 538 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.