# Incident 20120525008939I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA46R-350T, Logan, WV, May 25, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2012, 09:15 local time
- Place: Logan, WV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8518° N, 81.9884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Logan, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8518&lon=-81.9884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22TP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA46R-350T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AE2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 13,686 total, 43 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120525008939I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CHARLESTON WV (CRW) IN ROUTE TO LOGAN WV 6L4.  DURING APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 6 THE PILOT NOTED VEHICLE TRAFFIC TRAVELING TO THE LEFT AND PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT EXTENDED HIS APPROACH TO ALLOW THE ROCK TRUCK TO CLEAR THE AREA.  AT THIS TIME THE PILOT CONTINUED HIS APPROACH.  DURING LANDING, THE PILOT INDICATED HE HEARD NO GEAR WARNING AND DID NOT KNOW THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. WITNESS FROM THE ROCK TRUCK OPERATOR AND THE IN LOADER OPERATOR AT THE APPROACH END DID NOT SEE THE GEAR DOWN. PILOT LANDED CENTER OF RUNWAY AND SLID ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT APPROX. 700 FEET AND CAME TO REST JUST RIGHT OF CENTER LINE. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AS FOLLOWS:PROP STRIKEENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGERIGHT AND LEFT FLAP TORNMIN DAMAGE TO BELLY OF FUSELAGE MOST DAMAGE CONFINED TO THE ANTENNASLOWER ENGINE COWLING DAMAGED AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM RUNWAY AND TAKEN TO MAINTENANCE HANGAR.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND GEAR EXERCISED FIVE TIMES INCLUDING AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION.  GEAR FUNCTIONED NORMAL NO DEFECTS FOUND AT THIS TIME.

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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