# Incident 19991001028719I: Piper PA31T, Nogales, AZ, October 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1999, 16:00 local time
- Place: Nogales, AZ
- Airport: Nogales Int'L Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4177° N, 110.8479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NOGALES INTL (OLS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4177&lon=-110.8479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37RL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37RL-2004-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,900 total, 70 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991001028719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT ON DOWNWIND HE SELECTED FLAPS TO APPROACH AND THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN, THOUGHT HE HEARD THE SOUND OF THE GEAR EXTENDING AND THE HANDLE MOVING BACK TO THE NEUTRAL POSITION, AND ON FINAL APPROACH SELECTED FULL FLAPS. THE FIRST INDICATION THE GEAR WAS UP WAS WHEN THE PROPELLERS MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.  HE ALSO STATED THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH HE NEGLECTED TO CHECK FOR 3 GREEN LIGHTS AS HE USUALLY DID.

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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