# Incident 19910906050369I: Piper PA31310, Laconia, NH, September 6, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1991, 19:32 local time
- Place: Laconia, NH
- Airport: Laconia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FTFA
- Location: 43.5730° N, 71.4178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LACONIA MUNI (LCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5730&lon=-71.4178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30DF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910906050369I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT STATED A DOWNDRAFT CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND INTO TREES ON MOUNTAIN TOP. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N30DF (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890207008679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890207008679I), Feb 7, 1989: Piper PA31310 (N30DF), Lancaster, PA, Minor damage. Right gear door extended on rollout. Gear retracted. Found gear out of right gear handle had loose bracket.
- [Incident 19790130004619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790130004619I), Jan 30, 1979: Piper PA31 (N30DF), Lafayette, LA, Minor damage. Pilot missed taxiway after landing at strange airport. Nose wheel sank into soft mud.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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