# Incident 20080623840219I: Piper PA31T, Elko, NV, June 23, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2008, 07:00 local time
- Place: Elko, NV
- Airport: Elko Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: XPCA
- Location: 40.8250° N, 115.7913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKO RGNL (EKO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8250&lon=-115.7913&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111KV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A60A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,850 total, 390 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080623840219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OF THIS AIR AMBULANCE WAS RETURNING FROM A PATIENT DELIVERY AT SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.  HE WAS IN AN APPROACH TO LAND AT HIS BASE, ELKO, NEVADA.  HE STATED THAT WHEN DESCENDING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 5 HE REDUCED POWER AND LOWERED THE FLAPS, HEARING THE LANDING GEAR HORN AT A POWER SETTING OF 200 POUNDS OF TORQUE, AS INDICATED ON THE INSTRUMETNS.  HE CONTINUED TO SELECT FULL FLAPS, AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED GROUND EFFECT NEAR THE RUNWAY HE HEARD A TICKING SOUND AND APPLIED POWER TO MAKE A GO AROUND.  HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD NOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR SO HE DID ANOTHER PATTERN, LOWERED THE GEAR AND LANDED.  HE THEN INSPECTED THE PROPELLERS ON BOTH ENGINES, AND NOTED THAT ALL PROP TIPS HAD CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE.

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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