# Incident 20090110000529I: Piper PA32RT300, Georgetown, TX, January 10, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2009, 11:02 local time
- Place: Georgetown, TX
- Airport: Georgetown Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6327° N, 97.6772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Georgetown, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6327&lon=-97.6772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,000 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/20090110000529I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ENTERED CLASS D AIRSPACE WITHOUT RADIO CONTACT WITH ATC.  PILOT DID NOT RESPOND TO LIGHT GUN SIGNALS DURING APPROACH TO GTU RUNWAY 36.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT GTU RUNWAY 36 WITH GEAR RETRACTED.  THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE CREATING AN INCIDENT.  PILOT PERFORMED A GO-AROUND AFTER THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  PILOT CIRCLED TO LAND WITHOUT RADIO CONTACT.  PILOT LANDED GTU RUNWAY 36 ON SECOND ATTEMPT AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  NO NMAC, NO FIRE, NO DAMAGE TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY ON THE GROUND.

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