# Accident 20070928021309A: Piper PA31350, Pampa, TX, September 28, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2007, 09:45 local time
- Place: Pampa, TX
- Airport: Perry Lefors Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 35.6131° N, 100.9964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6131&lon=-100.9964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45014, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45014) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,485 total, 240 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07CA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070928021309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 0945 CDT, WHILE ON A CFR TITLE PART 91 VFR REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM BORGER (BGD) TO PAMPA, TEXAS, (PPA), THE PILOT AND SINGLE OCCUPANT OF N45014, A PIPER MODEL PA-31-350, LANDED ON RUNWAY 17 WITH THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 650 FEET ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY BEFORE COMING TO REST. THERE WAS RUNWAY EVIDENCE OF NUMEROUS PROP STRIKES FROM BOTH PROPELLERS, COMMENCING WITH THE LEFT PROPELLER AND PROGRESSING FOR ABOUT 100 YARDS. THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION, THE GREEN DOWN INDICATOR LIGHTS FUNCTIONED WHEN TESTED, AND THE GEAR WARNING HORN ACTUATED WHEN THE THROTTLES WERE RETARDED. EXAMINATION OF THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF BEING USED. THE NOSE GEAR AND MAIN GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN THE FULLY RETRACTED AND STOWED POSITION. EXAMINATION OF THE VISIBLE AREAS OF THE LOWER FUSELAGE FOUND DAMAGE TO THE LOWER SKIN, BULKHEADS AND KEELS. THE FLAPS WERE DOWN AND ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE.

## 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 DFW07CA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA209), Sep 28, 2007: Piper PA-31-350 (N45014), Pampa, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing.

## Other reports on N45014 (1)

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

- [Incident 19930211007659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930211007659I), Feb 11, 1993: Piper PA31350 (N45014), Eureka, CA, Minor damage. Lost directional control on takeoff. Aborted. Stopped 75 feet past end of runway.

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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