# Incident 20040311007309I: Piper PA30, Siler City, NC, March 11, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2004, 13:00 local time
- Place: Siler City, NC
- Airport: Blair Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7281° N, 79.4643° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Siler City, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7281&lon=-79.4643&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8586Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8586Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040311007309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ADMITTED HE FAILED TO LOWER THE GEAR ON APPROACH TO LAND AT THE SILER CITY AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N8586Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19780102000369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780102000369I), Jan 2, 1978: Piper PA30 (N8586Y), Wheeling, IL, Minor damage. Returned to runway when right engine quit, gear was up. Found water in fuel.

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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