20121027023779I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-325 · Pensacola, FL · October 27, 2012

Date
October 27, 2012 · 17:17 local
Place
Pensacola, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N403D
Reported as
Piper PA-31-325
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
2,415 total1,700 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was on final approach to runway 35 configured with full flaps. As the pilot began to flare for landing, pns ATCT advised pilot to go around. Pilot applied full power. Pilot then realized gear was not down and lowered the landing gear handle. The propellers were already striking the runway so pilot then closed the throttles and the aircraft settled to the ground on the propellers and flaps.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35 CONFIGURED WITH FULL FLAPS. AS THE PILOT BEGAN TO FLARE FOR LANDING, PNS ATCT ADVISED PILOT TO GO AROUND. PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER. PILOT THEN REALIZED GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE. THE PROPELLERS WERE ALREADY STRIKING THE RUNWAY SO PILOT THEN CLOSED THE THROTTLES AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND ON THE PROPELLERS AND FLAPS.