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FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Venice, FL · May 3, 2002

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Date
May 3, 2002 · 13:15 local
Place
Venice, FL
Airport
Venice Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7639Y
Reported as
Piper PA30
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,497 total682 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
N7639YRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-718 · Built 1965Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot stated that after cancelling his VFR flight plan, he contacted tampa approach and was given a squalk. He stated he made four attempts to re-establish contact with tampa approach, all to no avail. The pilot then contacted Venice UNICOM for airport advisories. On the downwind at Venice airport the pilot made one final attempt to reach tampa approach. The pilot claimed he became distracted by his ATC transmissions, and failed to lower the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER CANCELLING HIS VFR FLIGHT PLAN, HE CONTACTED TAMPA APPROACH AND WAS GIVEN A SQUALK. HE STATED HE MADE FOUR ATTEMPTS TO RE-ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH TAMPA APPROACH, ALL TO NO AVAIL. THE PILOT THEN CONTACTED VENICE UNICOM FOR AIRPORT ADVISORIES. ON THE DOWNWIND AT VENICE AIRPORT THE PILOT MADE ONE FINAL ATTEMPT TO REACH TAMPA APPROACH. THE PILOT CLAIMED HE BECAME DISTRACTED BY HIS ATC TRANSMISSIONS, AND FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.