# Incident 20121210026859I: Piper PA-31-325, Jonesboro, AR, December 10, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2012, 17:14 local time
- Place: Jonesboro, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8423° N, 90.7043° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jonesboro, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8423&lon=-90.7043&mi=10
- Aircraft: N445FM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N445FM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-325
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,943 total, 958 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121210026859I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: ON DECEMBER 10, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1705 CST, NAVAJO N445FM FLOWN BY A PRIVATE RATED PILOT WITH INSTRUMENT RATING FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN AND LANDED AIRCRAFT GEAR UP.CAUSAL AND/OR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: PRIVATE RATED PILOT HAD EXTENDED LANDING GEAR AND FOLLOWED CHECKLIST FOR FIRST ATTEMPT AT LANDING. OTHER AIR TRAFFIC CAUSED A GO AROUND. THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED, BUT NOT EXTENDED FOR SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND. PRIVATE RATED PILOT STATED THAT GEAR WARNING HORN MAY HAVE BEEN INOPERATIVE. THE GEAR HORN WILL BE OPERATIONALLY CHECKED DURING THE REPAIR OF THE AIRCRAFT.COMMENTS: THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED AS AN IFR, PART 91 FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N445FM (2)

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

- [Incident 20260722008319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260722008319I), Jul 22, 2026: Piper PA-31-325 (N445FM), Coeur D Alene, ID, Minor damage. Pilot failed to lower landing gear prior to landing and executed a gear up landing.
- [Incident 20161009018219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161009018219I), Oct 9, 2016: Piper PA-31-325 (N445FM), Little Rock, AR, Minor damage. On October 9, 2016 at 1408 CST, a Piper navajo PA-31-325, N445FM, registered to navajo partners LLC., had a tail-strike during the initial climb-out after…

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