# Incident 20091030020969I: Piper PA32RT300, Slidell, LA, October 30, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2009, 12:05 local time
- Place: Slidell, LA
- Airport: Slidell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3463° N, 89.8208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SLIDELL (ASD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3463&lon=-89.8208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30927 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 400 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091030020969I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED SILDELL AIRPORT AT 1205 AND STARTED CLIMB, FIVE MINUTES INTO FLIGHT LOST AIRSPEED INDICATION.  PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT FLIGHT AND RETURN TO THE SLIDELL AIRPORT.  PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH GEAR UP.  PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO LOWER GEAR HANDLE BEFORE LANDING.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME.

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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