# Incident 20081109853309I: Piper PA34220T, Hartford, CT, November 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2008, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hartford, CT
- Airport: Hartford-Brainard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7367° N, 72.6494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTFORD-BRAINARD (HFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7367&lon=-72.6494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N609MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N609MA) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 650 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/20081109853309I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON FINAL WITH GEAR DOWN AND AWAITING CLEARANCE FROM THE TOWER TO LAND. HE THEN DECIDED HE WOULD NOT LAND AND BROUGHT THE GEAR UP. WHEN THE TOWER CALLED AND GAVE HIM CLEARANCE TO LAND HE CHANGED HIS MIND AGAIN AND FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH THE LANDING. HE NEVER PUT THE GEAR BACK DOWN.

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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