# Incident 20020227008669I: Piper PA31325, St Petersburg, FL, February 27, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2002, 20:15 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: B90A
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40BE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31325
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 15 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020227008669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TPA) TAMPA, FL, ENROUTE TO ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT (SPG) ST. PETERSBURG, FL UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. PILOT FAILED TO FOLLOW COMPANY PROCEDURE AND CHECK LIST BY NEGLECTING THE LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. PILOT EXECUTED A "GO-AROUND" PROCEDURE UPON HEARING SCRAPING SOUNDS. DURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, THE PILOT DAMAGED PROPELLER TIPS AND LOWER VHF ANTENNA.

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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