# Incident 20080129010669I: Piper PA31350, Big Piney, WY, January 29, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2008, 17:00 local time
- Place: Big Piney, WY
- Airport: Miley Memorial Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: W6TA
- Location: 42.5822° N, 110.1089° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILEY MEML FLD (BPI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5822&lon=-110.1089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59798, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59798-2015-05-19) (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
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2B2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,350 total, 720 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080129010669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 02/02/2008 - THIS IS A DIGEST OF THE MISSING PILOT SATEMENT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INTERVIEWED REGARDING THE 01/29/2008 INCIDENT AT KBPI, WY.  HE PROVIDED THIS INSPECTOR WITH A TYPED REPORT WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE 8020-23 DATED 02/04/2008 SUBMITTED TO FAA NM REGION.  HIS STORY IS AS FOLLOWS: "I RECEIVED AN APPROACH CLEARANCE FROM SLC CENTER FOR AN APPROACH TO KBPI, I THEN THOUGHT I HAD SWITCHED TO KBPI CTAF FOR TRAFFIC CALLS AND ADVISORIES.  BREAKING OUT ON A DESCENT FOR A CIRCLING APPROACH, I THEN SWITCHED TO CTAF FOR A RADIO CALL, IT WAS SLC CENTER FREQUENCY, I SWITCHED FREQUENCY AGAIN.  I WAS RUNNING THE PRELANDING CHECK AND GOT OUT OF SEQUENCCE WITH THE CALLS, AND PROCEEDED TO LAND.  I NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN WHEN I HEARD THE PROP TIPS STRIKING THE RUNWAY, I PULLED BACK ON THE STICK AND SELECTED THE GEAR DOWN.  THE GEAR WENT DOWN.  I TAXIED BACK, SHUT DOWN, AND INSPECTED THE DAMAGE.  I THEN CALLED RICK AND GROUNDED AIRPLANE.  THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT, THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE.  THIS STATEMENT HAD BEEN TYPED AND HIS NARRATION WERE WORD TO THIS EFFECT.

## Other reports on N59798 (1)

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

- [Accident 20110630011719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110630011719A), Jun 30, 2011: Piper PA-31-350 (N59798), Casper, WY, Substantial damage. Pilot lost control of the aircraft when a large bird (possibly an owl) flew at the pilot's windshield just before touchdown. Pilot apparently ducked and pushed…

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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