# Incident 20030602010609I: Piper PA34200T, Baxley, GA, June 2, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2003, 23:00 local time
- Place: Baxley, GA
- Airport: Baxley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7138° N, 82.3938° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAXLEY MUNI (BHC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7138&lon=-82.3938&mi=10
- Aircraft: N147FL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,300 total, 124 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030602010609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM (KSYI) SHELBYVILLE, TN ENROUTE TO (KBHC) BAXLEY, GA. THE PILOT ELECTED TO FLY A STANDARD PATTERN WITH A 45 DEG DOWNWIND ENTRY FOR RUNWAY 8. THE PILOT STATED HE REDUCED AIRSPEED AND PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN DOWN POSITION. AT THE SAME TIME, HE STATES HE CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT POSITIVE VISUAL IDENTIFICATION OF RUNWAY 8, AND WAS DISTRACTED FROM CONFIRMING THREE GREEN LIGHTS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY THEN TURNED FINAL AND LOWERED THE FLAPS AND NO INDICATION OF UNSAFE GEAR OR WARNING HORN WAS NOTED. AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO INITIATE A GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY GEARUP, SLIDING APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND THE RAILS ON THE BELLY OF THE FUSELAGE.

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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