# Incident 20030706019519I: Piper PA31310, Port Huron, MI, July 6, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2003, 17:00 local time
- Place: Port Huron, MI
- Airport: St Clair County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EQHA
- Location: 42.9110° N, 82.5288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST CLAIR COUNTY INTL (PHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9110&lon=-82.5288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601RE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601RE-2013-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,853 total, 3,130 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030706019519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IAW THE PILOT INFO, THE FLT ORIGINATED AT PORT HURON (PHN), MI, AT APPROX NOON TIME, TO DRUMMOND ISLAND (Y66), MI. WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED "DOWN" BEFORE LANDING AT Y66, AN UNSAFE LH MAIN GEAR INDICATION WAS OBTAINED. LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED A FEW TIMES, INCLUDING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION, WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. THE PILOT DECIDED TO LEAVE THE GEAR RETRACTED AND FLT BACK TO HOME BASE (PHN). AT PHN, THE SAME UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION WAS OBTAINED, EITHER BY NORMAL OR EMERGENCY EXTENSION. AFTER VERIFICATION WITH GROUND PERSONNEL THAT THE LH MAIN GEAR APPEARS TO BE STUCK IN THE "UP" POSITION, THE PILOT DECIDED TO BURN SOME FUEL BEFORE HE LANDED THE ACFT WITH THE LANDING GEAR SYST IN THE "UP" POSITION, ON A FOAM COVERED RWY. POST INSP SHOWS THAT IT APPEARS THAT THE LH MAIN LANDING GEAR REMAINS IN THE "UP-LOCK" POSITION, WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AFTER THE TAKEOFF FROM PHN AND THE ROD END OF THE GEAR ACTUATING CYL (OZONE) BROKE.

## Other reports on N601RE (1)

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

- [Accident 20050626034129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050626034129A), Jun 26, 2005: Piper PA31310 (N601RE), Port Huron, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft fuel supply depleted prior to reaching intended destination forcing pilot to conduct emergency water ditching.

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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