# Incident 19990713027389I: Piper PA31350, Lafayette, LA, July 13, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1999, 22:00 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2241° N, 92.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2241&lon=-92.0198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N767S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N767S-2012-03-05) (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: 17,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990713027389I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20010613013389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010613013389I), Jun 13, 2001: Piper PA31350 (N767S), Jennings, LA, Minor damage. (-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.

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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