# Incident 20000113000679I: Piper PA34200T, Mobile, AL, January 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2000, 14:05 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Brookley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEBA
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N304CW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N304CW-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 583 in this make and model, 101 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000113000679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 13, 2000, PIPER SENECA N304CW, PILOTED BY MR. KENNEDY J. DOWNIE, LANDED GEAR UP AT BROOKLEY AIRPORT, MOBILE, AL.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY 32 WITH ALL THREE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION.  AT THE TIME HE STARTED TO PERFORM THE LANDING CHECK LIST IT STARTED TO BECOME BUMPY (TWR REPORTED WIND 320 AT 15 G28), HE TURNED TO CHECK ON HIS PASSENGER TO SEE THAT HIS SEAT BELT WAS TIGHT.  THIS WAS APPARENTLY ENOUGH DISTRATION TO MISSTHE GEAR SECTION OF THE CHECK LIST, AND HE CONTINUED ON.  THE PILOT INITIALLY FELT THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS DOWN, AND UPON LANDING THE GEAR COLLAPSED.  BUT WHAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED WAS A BELLY LANDING WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.   MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED BY THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N304CW (3)

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

- [Incident 20091231025809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091231025809I), Dec 31, 2009: Piper PA-34-200T (N304CW), Abita Springs, LA, Minor damage. 12/31/2009 Aircraft landed with nose gear stuck in the retracked (up) position.
- [Incident 20020723020719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020723020719I), Jul 23, 2002: Piper PA34200T (N304CW), New Roads, LA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was demonstrating an emergency descent to landing at the False River airport (hzr). During this maneuver the pilot noticed that he had misjudged…
- [Accident 19820726034079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820726034079A), Jul 26, 1982: Piper PA34200T (N304CW), Eagle Pass, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot claims gravel on runway caused brakes to be ineffective, aircraft ran off runway and crashed into a dike.

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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