# Incident 20031210033859I: Piper PA31350, Pellston, MI, December 10, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2003, 11:15 local time
- Place: Pellston, MI
- Airport: Pellston Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DJLA
- Location: 45.5516° N, 84.7834° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pellston, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5516&lon=-84.7834&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114NC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N114NC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,900 total, 2,700 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031210033859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING AT PELLSTON AIRPORT (KPLN), PILOT FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. DURING FLARE AND JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN, PILOT NOTICED THAT LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED AND INITIATED GO-AROUND. WHILE EXECUTING GO-AROUND THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER TIPS TOUCHED THE RUNWAY. PILOT SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED GO-AROUND MANEUVER AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES.

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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