# Incident 20011228037789I: Piper PA31350, Indianola, TX, December 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Indianola, TX
- Airport: Big Duke'S Place Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5293° N, 96.5256° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Big Duke's Place Airport (5TS9), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5293&lon=-96.5256&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555MC-2006-03-30) (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
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,350 total, 39 in this make and model, 117 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011228037789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 28, 2001, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP ON A PRIVATE RUNWAY NEAR INDIANOLA, TEXAS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL JANUARY 23, 2002. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THIS WAS HIS FIRST LANDING ON THE PRIVATE DIRT STRIP. HE STATED THAT HE REMEMBERS PLACING THE GEAR SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION, BUT DID NOT CONFIRM THE GEAR DOWN INDICATION PRIOR TO LANDING. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY CONVERSATION WITH HIS PASSENGER CONCERNING SEVERAL FLOCKS OF BIRDS AND ELECTRICAL WIRES NEAR THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N555MC (1)

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

- [Accident 20040914023379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040914023379A), Sep 14, 2004: Piper PA31350 (N555MC), Sweeny, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) At about 1745 CST N555MC departed (T97) port lavaca, TX to (hou) houston, TX, after 25 minutes of flight time left engine quit. Left propeller assembly…

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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