# Incident 20100615034919I: Piper PA-31T, Sioux City, IA, June 15, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2010, 08:04 local time
- Place: Sioux City, IA
- Airport: Sioux Gateway/Col. Bud Day Fie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UQMA
- Location: 42.5000° N, 96.4003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sioux City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5000&lon=-96.4003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17TU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17TU-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31T
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,450 total, 380 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100615034919I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 15, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 08:04 CDT, A PIPER (PA-31T) LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 031 AT THE SIOUX CITY, IA AIRPORT (SUX).  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SHELDON, IA BOUND FOR OMAHA, NE. ON APPROACH, THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN BUT DID NOT GET PROPER GEAR INDICATION, (LEFT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND).  AFTER THE PILOT MADE MANY ATTEMPTS TO GET THE GEAR DOWN, WITHOUT SUCCESS, HE REQUESTED SUX FOR LANDING.  UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE (PROPELLERS, AND BELLY SKIN), AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY ANY OF THE OCCUPANTS.  AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND TOWED TO THE RAMP.  THE SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR INNER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OF THE DOOR ACTUATOR.  UPON INSPECTION, THE ACTUATOR DID NOT REVEAL ANY EXTERNAL VISUAL EVIDENCE OF FAILURE (MALFUNCTION WAS INTERNAL).  IT WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE INVESTIGATION THAT THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE A VALID 2ND CLASS MEDICAL.

## Other reports on N17TU (1)

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

- [Incident 19950125004199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950125004199I), Jan 25, 1995: Piper PA31T (N17TU), Oklahoma City, OK. Narrative: aircraft was cleared to taxi to R17R, on a night/vfr flight. Aircraft exited ramp area and entered poorly lit and poorly marked closed area of…

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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