19990713027389I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Lafayette, LA · July 13, 1999

Date: July 13, 1999 · 22:00 local
Place: Lafayette, LA
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N767S
Reported as: Piper PA31350
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 17,500 total1,200 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N767SRegistration cancelled Mar 5, 2012 · Piper PA-31-350S/N 31-8152093 · Built 1981 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot attempted a landing at Lafayette airport, but performed a go-around when he thought that there was a nose gear problem. Propellers struck the ground and an antenna on the belly of the aircraft was broken. Pilot noted vibrations from engines at full power. Pilot extended the landing gear using both the gear switch and the emergency extension system due to his concerns about the gear properly extending. Pilot successfully landed aircraft without further incident. Pilot stated that he had not confirmed that the landing gear was down on the first attempt.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING AT LAFAYETTE AIRPORT, BUT PERFORMED A GO-AROUND WHEN HE THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A NOSE GEAR PROBLEM. PROPELLERS STRUCK THE GROUND AND AN ANTENNA ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS BROKEN. PILOT NOTED VIBRATIONS FROM ENGINES AT FULL POWER. PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR USING BOTH THE GEAR SWITCH AND THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM DUE TO HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE GEAR PROPERLY EXTENDING. PILOT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT CONFIRMED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT.

Other reports on N767S · 1

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

Incident 20010613013389IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Jennings, LA(-23) Enroute to lafayette, LA, aircraft made an emergency landing on a diret road 1.5 mile north of Jennings, LA due to fuel exhaustion.Jun 13, 2001 · Minor damage