# Incident 20100628041069I: Piper PA-31-325, Vineyard Haven, MA, June 28, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2010, 07:51 local time
- Place: Vineyard Haven, MA
- Airport: Vineyard Haven
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4572° N, 70.6075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vineyard Haven, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4572&lon=-70.6075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102WT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-325
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100628041069I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DID NOT ATTEMPT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR UNTIL HE WAS VERY CLOSE TO LANDING BECAUSE OF MODERATE TURBULENCE.*THERE IS NO INDICATION BY THE DAMAGE INCURRED THAT ANY PORTION OF THE LANDING GEAR WAS EVER EXTENDED.THE FLAPS WERE NOT EXTENDED TO A DEGREE TO ISSUE A "GEAR NOT DOWN WARNING ".THE PILOT STATED THERE WAS SMOKE AFTER HE PLACED THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. PHSYSICAL INSPECTION OF THE GEAR SWITCH INDICATES NO ARCING OR BURNING SMELL.

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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