# Incident 19960103002179I: Piper PA31350, Cleveland, OH, January 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1996, 03:24 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CSJA
- Location: 41.4094° N, 81.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL (CLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4094&lon=-81.8547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3543A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3543A-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 900 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960103002179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: REMOVED FROM SERVICE BY EMPLOYER AT TIME OF INCIDENT AND GIVEN THREE HOURS GROUND INSTRUCTION BY CHECK AIRMAN AND OBSERVED CHECK AIRMAN GIVE MR. ORAVEC A 135 CHECK ON PROCEDURES, MANEUVERS AND APPROACHES BY INSPECTOR REAM. (1-8-96) PILOT ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AFTER MISSED APPROACH ON ILS THEN DECIDED TO CONTINUE LANDING BUT FAILED TO PUT GEAR DOWN ON LANDING. (INCIDENT OCCURED ON A PART 91 FLIGHT)

## Other reports on N3543A (2)

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

- [Accident 19981008028349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981008028349A), Oct 8, 1998: Piper PA31350 (N3543A), Ravenna, OH, Destroyed. Check hauler was clered for visual approach when it crashed under unknown circumstances.(.19) on October 8, 1998, about 0255 eastern daylight time, a Piper…
- [Incident 19950125004439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950125004439I), Jan 25, 1995: Piper PA31350 (N3543A), New Philadelphi, OH, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft landed gear up as gear was not down and locked. Scraping bottom of aircraft and damaging propellers approximately 4 inches from each prop…

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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