# Incident 20060311003749I: Piper PA34200, Darrington, WA, March 11, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2006, 15:10 local time
- Place: Darrington, WA
- Airport: Darrington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2586° N, 121.6102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DARRINGTON MUNI (1S2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2586&lon=-121.6102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15421, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15421-2017-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060311003749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 28 AT THE DARRINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DARRINGTON WA, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS HIGH ON THE PREVIOUS TWO APPROACHES AND WAS DISTRACTED ON THIRD APPROACH, FORGETTING TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON CENTERLINE AND REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND MINOR SCRAPES TO BELLY SKIN.

## Other reports on N15421 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880923054299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880923054299I), Sep 23, 1988: Piper PA34200 (N15421), Fresno, CA. Right engine failure on descent. Secured and landed safely. NR1 cylinder valve had failed.

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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