# Incident 20061216030349I: Piper PA34220T, Patterson, LA, December 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2006, 17:00 local time
- Place: Patterson, LA
- Airport: Harry P Williams Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7095° N, 91.3390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRY P WILLIAMS MEML (PTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7095&lon=-91.3390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N198PS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N198PS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061216030349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR PER "BEFORE LANDING" CHECKLIST. PILOT MISTOOK GEAR WARNING HORN (AUDIBLE ALARM) FOR A NON-EXISTENT GPS WAYPOINT CROSSING ALARM. HE WAS UNABLE TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND PRIOR TO GROUND CONTACT AND TERMINATED THE LANDING IN A GEAR UP CONFIGURATION. THE WEATHER WAS VFR, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. THE INVESTIGATION INDICATED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION WOULD BE UTILIZED IN CLOSING THIS INVESTIGATION. THE FORMAL COUNSELING DOCUMENTATION WAS FORWARDED TO THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER.

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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