# Incident 20121121027389I: Piper PA-31-350, Baton Rouge, LA, November 21, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2012, 11:05 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Airport: Ryan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4507° N, 91.1546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baton Rouge, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4507&lon=-91.1546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N710DG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N710DG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,160 total, 1,650 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121121027389I

## Narrative

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

WHILE EXECUTING A GO AROUND, THE PILOT ADVISED THE TOWER THAT HE HAD NO INDICATION HIS GEAR WAS DOWN. DURING THE GO AROUND WHILE DOWNWIND THE PILOT HAND PUMPED HIS GEAR DOWN AND LANDED. IT BECAME APPARENT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO PARKING, THAT ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. A SEARCH OF THE RUNWAY REVEALED AN ANTENNA, BELLY STROBE LIGHT LENS AND RELIEF TUBE LAYING ON THE RUNWAY. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT IT IS MISSING AN ANTENNA, STROBE LENS AND RELIEF TUBE FROM THE BELLY. ALSO FOUND ALL FOUR PROPELLER BLADES HAD CONTACTED THE RUNWAY DURING THE GO AROUND. BOTH FLAPS WERE ALSO FOUND DAMAGED DUE TO SCRAPING THE RUNWAY DURING THE GO AROUND.

## Other reports on N710DG (1)

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

- [Incident 20110429007299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110429007299I), Apr 29, 2011: Piper PA-31-350 (N710DG), Naples, FL, Minor damage. On April 29,2011, at approximately 1715 hours aircraft Piper navajo PA-31-350, N710DG, s/n 31-7305017, landed on runway 32 at Naples Municipal Airport (kapf).…

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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