# Incident 20100421031809I: Piper PA-32R-300, Grand Island, NE, April 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2010, 09:50 local time
- Place: Grand Island, NE
- Airport: Central Nebraska Regional Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9675° N, 98.3096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL (GRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9675&lon=-98.3096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3NB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3NB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 950 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100421031809I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN WAS ON A LOCALIZER BACK COURSE APPROACH IN IMC CONDITIONS TO THE GRAND ISLAND, NE AIRPORT (KGRI).  AFTER BREAKING OUT OF THE CLOUDS, ATC ALERTED THE AIRMAN TWICE THAT HIS LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED.  THE AIRMAN STATED THAT WHILE IN THE FLARE FOR LANDING, HE HEARD AN ATC CALL INDICATING HIS LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. HE THEN APPLIED TAKE-OFF POWER AND INITIATED A GO AROUND.  DURING THE REJECTED LANDING, THE PROPELLER TIPS MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE, BENDING THEM BACK APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES.  THE AIRMAN COMPLETED A GO-AROUND AND WAS AGAIN VECTORED FOR A LOCALIZER BACKCOURSE APPROACH, WHICH RESULTED IN A NORMAL LANDING WITH NO INJURIES.  A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT ONLY THE PROP TIPS HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE DURING THE REJECTED LANDING.  THE AIRMAN FELT THAT BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN CONCENTRATING ON THE APPROACH, HE HAD FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N3NB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19871016072239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871016072239I), Oct 16, 1987: Piper PA32R300 (N3NB), Winner, SD, Minor damage. Aircraft was landed with the gear up. Pilot claimed he was unable to extend the gear. During jacking gear extended.

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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