# Accident 20100317029609A: Piper PA-30, Middle River, MD, March 17, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2010, 14:00 local time
- Place: Middle River, MD
- Airport: Martin State Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3256° N, 76.4136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3256&lon=-76.4136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7925Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7925Y-2010-04-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 632 total, 26 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100317029609A

## Narrative

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

3/17/10OFFICE RECIEVED PHONE CALL FOR AIRCRAFT THAT HAD A GEAR UP LANDING.3/18/10 TALKED WITH PILOT DANIEL WALKER WHO WAS ON HIS WAY BACK TO MICHIGAN. HE IS GOING TO E MAIL A STATEMENT OF WHAT HAPPENED. HE WAS TAKING CARE OF SOME FAMILY ISSUES AND WILL CONTACT AT A LATER DATE. I WENT TO LOOK AT THE AIRCRAFT ON THE AFTERNOON OF 3/18/10. THERE WAS A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH PROPS WERE TWISTED AND DESTROYED. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT . THE TAIL TIEDOWN WAS PULLED OFF THE AIRCRAFT WENT THEY TRIED TO WINCH THE AIRCRAFT UP ON TO A TRAILER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS GEAR, IN THE OWNERS HANGAR, WHEN I WENT TO LOOK AT IT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA10CA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA183), Mar 17, 2010: Piper PA-30 (N7925Y), Baltimore, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear during a touch-and-go landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent experience in the make and model airplane.

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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