# Accident 20070413007879A: Piper PA31350, Walker, MN, April 13, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2007, 18:45 local time
- Place: Walker, MN
- Airport: Walker Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1583° N, 94.6461° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1583&lon=-94.6461&mi=10
- Aircraft: N770C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N770C-2016-08-23) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,272 total, 404 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070413007879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND WITHOUT LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND INCURRED IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS: BOTH PROPELLERS, ANTENNAS AND LIGHTS ON BELLY, THE TRAILING EDGE FLAPS, AND THE RH WING TIP. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE, BUT MARGINAL PERFORMANCE CAUSED BY THE PROPELLER DAMAGE AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO RETRACT THE FLAPS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTING A GROUP OF TREES, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS' LEADING EDGES AND THE RH ELEVATOR TIP. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO AIRPORT WITH GEAR DOWN AND LANDED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI07CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA109), Apr 13, 2007: Piper PA-31-350 (N770C), Walker, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent failure to lower the landing gear.

## Other reports on N770C (1)

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

- [Incident 19990323021249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990323021249I), Mar 23, 1999: Piper PA31350 (N770C), Bismarck, ND, Minor damage. On March 23, 1999, at 1420 local time a PA-31-350, N700C, operated by an ATP rated pilot sustained propeller and flap damage, resulting from landing gear not…

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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