# Incident 20020503014529I: Piper PA30, Venice, FL, May 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2002, 13:15 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0713° N, 82.4400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VENICE MUNI (VNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0713&lon=-82.4400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7639Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7639Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,497 total, 682 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020503014529I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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