# Incident 20041014030859I: Piper PA60600, Logan, WV, October 14, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2004, 18:45 local time
- Place: Logan, WV
- Airport: Logan County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: W9VA
- Location: 37.8557° N, 81.9159° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOGAN COUNTY (6L4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8557&lon=-81.9159&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21WD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21WD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041014030859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CRW ATC CLEARED N21WD TO DESCEND TO 3800 MSL, PILOT STATED HE BROKE OUT OF THE BASES AT 5000 MSL INTO VMC CONDITIONS 15 NE OF THE LOGAN, WEST VIRGINIA AIRPORT (6L4). THE PILOT STATED HE CANCELLED HIS IFR WITH CRW ATC AND CONTINUED A STRAIGHT IN VISUAL APPROACH TO LOGAN'S RUNWAY 24. THE PILOT STATED ON APPROXIMATELY A 5 MILE FINAL HE COMPLETED HIS APPROACH AND LANDING CHECK LIST AND CONFIRMED LANDING GEAR DOWN FLAPS 20 DEGREES. ON APPROXIMATELY A 1 MILE FINAL THE PILOT SAID HE OBSERVED A PATCH OF FOG BETWEEN HIS POSITION AND THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, HE ALSO STATED HE APPEARED TO BE A LITTLE "HIGH" FOR THE APPROACH AND SO HE ELECTED A "GO AROUND" AND INSTINCTIVELY RETRACTS THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS. DURING THE ENSUING CLOSE IN LEFT HAND PATTERN BACK AROUND TO RUNWAY 24 ON A CLOSE IN LEFT BASE HE NOTICES AN AURAL WARNING WHICH HE STATED HE THOUGHT WAS THE "STALL" WARNING SO HE APPLIED THROTTLE TO MAINTAIN HIS INDICATED AIRSPEED OF 105 MPH WHICH SILENCED THE HORN. OVER THE RUNWAY HE RETARDED THE THROTTLES HORN RE-ACTIVATED HOWEVER "GEAR UP" LANDING WAS NOR IMMINENT. HE STATED HE SHUT DOWN AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE MAIN CLAM SHELL DOORS.

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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