# Incident 20071130829679I: Piper PA34200, Wilmington, DE, November 30, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2007, 11:50 local time
- Place: Wilmington, DE
- Airport: New Castle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6787° N, 75.6066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CASTLE (ILG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6787&lon=-75.6066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101SA-2026-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071130829679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAKING A FLIGHT CHECK WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH, THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ON THE TOWER FREQUENCY AND BOTH PILOTS WERE DISTRACTED WITH A TRAFFIC PROBLEM, AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADDED POWER AND INITIATED A GO AROUND. THEY RETURNED FOR LANDING WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS AND REPORTED THE PROP STRIKE TO THE FAA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADMITTED THE FAULT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## Other reports on N101SA (1)

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

- [Incident 20170423006589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170423006589I), Apr 23, 2017: Piper PA-34-200 (N101SA), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft landed runway 25R at Long Beach, CA. On touchdown pilots reported feeling the wing settle lower than normal then dropped. The aircraft stopped on the…

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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