# Incident 20030606011099I: Piper PA32R301, Gaithersburg, MD, June 6, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2003, 20:00 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Arpk Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41862, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41862) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 535 total, 255 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030606011099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. KATZ LEFT DEEP CREEK AIRPORT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. HE WAS TOLD TO DESCEND QUICKLY WHEN HE WAS CLOSE TO GAI. HE CLOSED THE THROTTLE FOR A QUICK DESCENT AND THE GEAR HORN WENT OFF. HE IGNORED THE HORN AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THE THROTTLE WAS ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE STOP. HE WAS MONITORING THE TRAFFIC FREQUENCY AT GAI AND A DISCUSSION STARTED ABOUT CHANGING THE RUNWAY FROM 32 TO 14 BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WIND AND RUNWAY 14 WAS THE PREFERRED RUNWAY FOR NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES. HE LANDED ON THE RUNWAY IN USE AT THAT TIME WHICH WAS 14. MR. KATZ STATED THAT HE HEARD THE GEAR HORN BUT HAD DISREGARDED IT DURING HIS THROTTLED BACK DESCENT AND TOTALLY FORGOT IT UNTIL HE HEARD THE SCRAPING NOISE. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED UP FROM THE RUNWAY HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN WITH THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM AND NOTICED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION, BUT HE THINKS HE DID THAT AFTER THE FACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO THE HANGARS.

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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