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CHI82DA250

1982-07-15 · SALEM, Illinois, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport SLO

Current FAA registration · N7047Y

Make / Model
PIPER PA-30
Year of manufacture
1963 · 19 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19630909
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A966CE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

PILOT STATED HE HAD 3 GREEN GEAR LIGHTS. DURING TOUCHDOWN AND ROLL THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL SWITCH COLLAR WAS DEFECTIVE AND IF THE PILOT DID NOT HOLD THE GEAR SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION IT MAY HAVE RETURNED TO OFF BEFORE THE GEAR WAS LOCKED DOWN. THIS WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE GEAR COLLAPSING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF LANDING. IT WAS NOT DETERMINED HOW LONG THIS SITUATION HAD EXISTED. IN ADDITION, IT APPEARED THAT THE SWITCH MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED UPSIDE DOWN REQUIRING THE HANDLE TO BE PULLED OUT TO GET THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_CHI82DA250.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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