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FAA incident report · Piper PA-31T · Huron, SD · June 11, 2007

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Date
June 11, 2007 · 12:40 local
Place
Huron, SD
Airport
Huron Regional
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N970PS
Reported as
Piper PA31T
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A28
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,000 total40 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days
N970PSRegistered now · Piper PA-31TS/N 31T-8020023 · Built 1979Airframe modelPiper PA-31TEngine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60ATurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted took off from enw in N970PS, PA-31T aircraft when he noticed the gear did not retract. The pilot privacy data omitted elected to fly on to hon and burn off fuel before making an emergency landing. He landed at hon on rwy 12 with the right main down and the nose and left main gear retracted. The aircraft received damage to the engines, propellers, belly skin and nose skin. The pilot escaped without injury.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF FROM ENW IN N970PS, PA-31T AIRCRAFT WHEN HE NOTICED THE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ELECTED TO FLY ON TO HON AND BURN OFF FUEL BEFORE MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING. HE LANDED AT HON ON RWY 12 WITH THE RIGHT MAIN DOWN AND THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINES, PROPELLERS, BELLY SKIN AND NOSE SKIN. THE PILOT ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY.