# Incident 20040421009939I: Piper PA32R300, Baco Raton, FL, April 21, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2004, 18:00 local time
- Place: Baco Raton, FL
- Airport: Boca Raton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3785° N, 80.1077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOCA RATON (BCT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3785&lon=-80.1077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5548V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5548V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040421009939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/21/04 AT APPROX. 1800 HOURS LOCAL MR. EDWARD SWAKON LANDED HIS PIPER PA-32R-300 N5548V AT BOCA RATON AIRPORT RUNWAY 5 WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP. MR. SWAKON STATED THE FLIGHT WAS FROM FORT LAUDERDALE INTL (FLL) TO BOCA RATON ARPT (BCT) AND THE HAND OFF FROM THE FLL TOWER WAS APPROX. 5-6 MILES OUT OF BCT. MR. SWAKON SAID THERE WERE SOME COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES WITH BCT TOWER AND THAT THE INITIAL CALL WAS NOT RESPONDED TO. THE SECOND CALL WAS RESPONDED TO WITH WEATHER INFO BUT THE PILOT DID NOT HEAR A "CLEAR TO LAND". THE THIRD CALL AT ABOUT 3 MILES OUT RESULTED IN A "CLEAR TO LAND". LANDING APPROACH WAS NORMAL WITH A CROSSWIND AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE CENTERLINE WITH THE GEAR UP, SLIDING ABOUT 250 YARDS AND COMING TO REST ON THE RUNWAY WITH MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N5548V (1)

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

- [Incident 19861022081079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861022081079I), Oct 22, 1986: Piper PA32R300 (N5548V), New Richmond, OH. Rapid drop in oil pressure during test flight. Landed on a highway. Found a defective oil filter adaptor seal.

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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