# Incident 20051223031919I: Piper PA32R300, Marion, VA, December 23, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2005, 18:20 local time
- Place: Marion, VA
- Airport: Mountain Empire Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8948° N, 81.3499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNTAIN EMPIRE (MKJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8948&lon=-81.3499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2210Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2210Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 946 total, 713 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051223031919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 26 THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY MANEUVERED THE AIRPLANE TOO LOW AND CONTACTED THE UPPER BRANCHES OF A TREE APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF A MILE FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS NOT MONITORING THE PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR LIGHTS AND WAS ONLY FOCUSING ON THE RUNWAY TOUCH DOWN ZONE FOR A VISUAL REFERENCE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE BUT WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THE APPROACH AND LAND WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N2210Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20170710023579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170710023579I), Jul 10, 2017: Piper PA-32R-300 (N2210Q), Westhampton Bea, NY, Minor damage. During a practice power off approach to runway 24 at kfok the airman explained that he forgot to put the gear down prior to commencing the approach. The…

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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