# Accident 20110205001949A: Piper PA-34-220T, New Orleans, LA, February 5, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2011, 19:13 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Louis Armstrong
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8081° N, 89.8589° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8081&lon=-89.8589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80311, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80311-2016-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSI0-470-B (registry code 17029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-220T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSI0-470-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 550 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110205001949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLYING FROM AUSTIN TX. TO BOGALUSA LA. LANDING IN BOGALUSA PILOT REPORTED HE WAS HIT BY A GUST OF WIND, AIRCRAFT LIFED UP AND THAN DROPPED DOWN HARD. STARTED A GO-AROUND REALIZED AIRCRAFT WAS YAWING TO THE RIGHT AND HAD A GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. DECIDED TO HEAD FOR NEW ORLEANS. LANDED AT MSY WITHOUT INCIDENT AT ABOUT 7:30 PM. SEEN HE HAD A NUMBER 2 PROP STRIKE. SINCE IT WAS DARK HE DID'NT NOTICE HE ALSO WRINKLED RIGHT WING SKIN.

## 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 CEN11CA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA211), Feb 6, 2011: Piper PA-34-220T (N80311), Bogalusa, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate flare after encountering a gust of wind on landing.

## Other reports on N80311 (1)

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

- [Incident 19870414044339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870414044339I), Apr 14, 1987: Piper PA34220T (N80311), Roswell, NM, Minor damage. Aircraft was rotated early, gear retracted and settled back to the runway.

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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