20040318006269I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · Lincolnton, NC · March 18, 2004

Date: March 18, 2004 · 15:04 local
Place: Lincolnton, NC
Airport: Lincoln County Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N474SA
Reported as: Piper PA31350
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total1,300 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot was flying the GPS approach into Lincolnton regional airport (ipj) and had completed the checklist up to putting the landing gear down. He was using the checklist programmed into the GPS display and switched back to the approach mode so he could fly the approach. He did not switch back to the checklist mode to complete the remainder of the landing checklist. He forgot to put the landing gear down and landed the aircraft with the landing gear retracted. He stated that he did not remember hearing the landing gear horn when he went to full flaps.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WAS FLYING THE GPS APPROACH INTO LINCOLNTON REGIONAL AIRPORT (IPJ) AND HAD COMPLETED THE CHECKLIST UP TO PUTTING THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. HE WAS USING THE CHECKLIST PROGRAMMED INTO THE GPS DISPLAY AND SWITCHED BACK TO THE APPROACH MODE SO HE COULD FLY THE APPROACH. HE DID NOT SWITCH BACK TO THE CHECKLIST MODE TO COMPLETE THE REMAINDER OF THE LANDING CHECKLIST. HE FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT REMEMBER HEARING THE LANDING GEAR HORN WHEN HE WENT TO FULL FLAPS.