# Accident 20080710846769A: Piper PA34220T, Troy, MI, July 10, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2008, 18:30 local time
- Place: Troy, MI
- Airport: Oakland/Troy
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5429° N, 83.1779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND/TROY (VLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5429&lon=-83.1779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15EE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15EE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 400 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080710846769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) COMING IN FOR A LANDING AT VLL (TROY AIRPORT , MI) ON RUNWAY 27 - CALLED FINAL APPROACH 6 MILES OUT AND PERFORMED LANDING CHECKLIST TWICE.  CALLED FINAL APPROACH 2 MILES OUT AND AGAIN PERFORMED LANDING CHECKLIST.  TOUCHED LANDING GEAR HANDLE, BUT DID NOT LOWER HANDLE TO LOWER THE GEAR.  PULLED THROTTLE BACK TO SLOW DOWN TO LAND, THEN LANDED WITH LANDING GEAR NOT EXTENDED.  2 OTHER PASSENGERS IN THE AIRCRAFT DIDN'T REALIZE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED AND SCRAPED THE GROUND.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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