# Incident 20031006027089I: Piper PA34200, Chattanooga, TN, October 6, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2003, 11:55 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0352° N, 85.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOVELL FLD (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0352&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25FA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25FA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: CONT IO360C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 613 total, 85 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031006027089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON VFR APPROACH TO CHATANOOGA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (CHA) PILOT LANDED HARD BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES MADE GO-AROUND. AFTER LANDING SECOND TIME HE SHUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AND NOTICED DAMAGE TO ONE PROPELLER BLADE ON RIGHT ENGINE. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED PENDING EXAMINATION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.

## Other reports on N25FA (2)

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

- [Incident 20041119030879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041119030879I), Nov 19, 2004: Piper PA34200 (N25FA), St Augustine, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported all 3 gear lights indicated down and locked, and after touchdown the nose landing gear collapsed.
- [Incident 20040219012999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040219012999I), Feb 19, 2004: Piper PA34200 (N25FA), Palatka, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On touchdown the right main landing gear collapsed. An FAA inspection of the aircraft revealed that the right main landing gear trunnion front and rear…

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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