# Incident 20060804016329I: Piper PA31350, Lanai City, HI, August 4, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2006, 14:40 local time
- Place: Lanai City, HI
- Airport: Lanai Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HGZA
- Location: 20.7856° N, 156.9514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANAI (LNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.7856&lon=-156.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N227AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N227AK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060804016329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A FLIGHT CHECK UNDER PART 135. THE PIC WAS UNDER SIMULATED IMC AND EXECUTING AN ILS TO THE LNY AIRPORT WITH A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS MOVED DOWN NEAR GLIDE SLOPE INTERCEPT BY THE PIC AS COMPANY PROCEDURES REQUIRE. THE PIC DID NOT ASK FOR A BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST UNTIL PROMPTED BY THE SIC. THE SIC RAN THE CHECKLIST WHICH REQUIRES A CHALLENGE TO THE PIC REGARDING GEAR POSITION, LIGHTS, AND AN OBSERVATION OF THE NOSE GEAR IN A MIRROR ON THE NACELLE. NEITHER THE PIC, THE SIC, NOR THE FAA INSPECTOR OCCUPYING THE FORWARD PASSENGER SEAT CAN REMEMBER THAT THE CHALLENGE WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE GEAR HANDLE HAD NOT BEEN MOVED DOWN SUFFICIENTLY TO ENGAGE THE DOWN SOLENOID AND THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THIS FACT WAS NOT NOTICED BY ANY CREWMEMBER OR THE FAA INSPECTOR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AT THE TERMINATION OF THE ILS APPROACH. THE PIC CLOSED THE THROTTLES AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE ON THE RUNWAY AFTER THE PROPS STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL.

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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