Piper PA-30 N7012Y

Summary

On 23 June 1985 at about 18:26 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N7012Y, operated by Vandenberg AFB Flying Club, was involved in an accident near Manhattan, Kansas, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 June 1985 at 18:26

Classification

Accident

Location

Manhattan, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Manhattan (MHK)

Coordinates

39.1901, -96.5902

Aircraft

Piper PA-30

Registration

N7012Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Vandenberg AFB Flying Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Waco → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC85LA138

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT SAID HE PUT THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH TO THE DOWN POSITION AND THOUGHT THAT HE OBSERVED A GREEN, DOWN ANDLOCKED INDICATOR LIGHT; HOWEVER, THE ACFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH WAS DOWN AND THE GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS TRIPPED. THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS ALSO FUNCTIONALLY TESTED. DURING THE FIRST RETRACTION THE GEAR MOTOR CB TRIPPED. AFTER THE CB WAS RESET THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONED PROPERLY THROUGH SEVERAL CYCLES. THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS AND HORN ALSO WORKED PROPERLY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.