# Incident 20070216005339I: Piper PA30, Martinsville, VA, February 16, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2007, 14:00 local time
- Place: Martinsville, VA
- Airport: Blue Ridge Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6315° N, 80.0200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE RIDGE (MTV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6315&lon=-80.0200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8213Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8213Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,277 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070216005339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT, WITH ONE (1) PASSENGER ON BOARD, DEPARTED MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA (MTV) FOR CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA. AFTER DEPARTURE, AT APPROXIMATELY 300' AGL, THE CABIN DOOR OPENED. THE PILOT RETURNED TO MTV FOR LANDING, THINKING THAT THE GEAR HAD NOT BEEN RETRACTED. A NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED, HOWEVER, THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER OR PILOT.

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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