# Incident 20030210007549I: Piper PA46310P, Allentown, PA, February 10, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2003, 09:30 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Lehigh Valley International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6524° N, 75.4404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEHIGH VALLEY INTL (ABE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6524&lon=-75.4404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N383SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N383SA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,940 total, 1,230 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030210007549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING A SHORT FIELD LANDING AT ABE AND LANDED SHORT, DAMAGING THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD LIGHTS AND THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED HE DID NOT HAVE HIS MEDICAL IN HIS PERSONAL POSSESSION, AND WAS NOT RECORDING THE MONTHLY VOR RECEIVER CHECK REQUIRED FOR IFR FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N383SA (2)

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

- [Incident 20071011824049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071011824049I), Oct 11, 2007: Piper PA46310P (N383SA), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. (-23) While performing a routine landing on runway 2R at pdk during VMC conditions the subject aircraft departed the runway to the left abruptly upon nose gear…
- [Incident 19900930059479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900930059479I), Sep 30, 1990: Piper PA46310P (N383SA), Syracuse, NY. Unable to retract gear. Returned and landed. A washer was shorting out selector switch.

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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