# Incident 20060128001369I: Piper PA32R300, Coeur D Alene, ID, January 28, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2006, 15:30 local time
- Place: Coeur D Alene, ID
- Airport: Coeur D Alene Air Term Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7029° N, 116.7958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coeur d'Alene, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7029&lon=-116.7958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888EB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N888EB) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 840 total, 160 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060128001369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED WITH CONCERNS ABOUT ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AT THE COEUR D'ALENE AIRPORT. HE ELECTED TO DEPART THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WHILE LOOKING FOR THE TRAFFIC. HE ENDED UP TURNING A LONG FINAL AND JUST FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. WHEN IT DID NOT FEEL RIGHT DURING THE LANDING HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND BUT STRUCK THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROPELLER. AIRMAN COUNSELED IN USE OF CHECKLIST, AND IN REMEDIES FOR DISTRACTIONS.

## Other reports on N888EB (1)

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

- [Incident 19960707024429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960707024429I), Jul 7, 1996: Piper PA32R300 (N888EB), Wolfeboro, NH, Minor damage. Narrative: normal landing - a/c went off end of r/w 30 and then NLG collapsed. A/c went off length of a/c. no mech. Malfunction noted. Local A&P checking out…

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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