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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Newport News, VA · September 11, 2007

Date
September 11, 2007 · 13:23 local
Place
Newport News, VA
Airport
Newport News/Williamsburg International
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N31662
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) The aircraft encountered heavy wind gusts while landing at phf on runway 20. The pilot then attempted a go-around, and at the moment the gear was retracted the aircraft encountered wind shear conditions and became unresponsive to power application. The pilot decided to put the aircraft down in a gear-up configuration.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED HEAVY WIND GUSTS WHILE LANDING AT PHF ON RUNWAY 20. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND, AND AT THE MOMENT THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR CONDITIONS AND BECAME UNRESPONSIVE TO POWER APPLICATION. THE PILOT DECIDED TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN A GEAR-UP CONFIGURATION.