# Incident 20130323005889I: Piper PA-34-200, Pisqah Forest, NC, March 23, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2013, 14:00 local time
- Place: Pisqah Forest, NC
- Airport: Transylvania Community Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2703° N, 82.6442° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY (3NR3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2703&lon=-82.6442&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54LQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54LQ-2014-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,396 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130323005889I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF N54LQ, A PIPER PA34-200, BEGAN A TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 27 AT TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY AIRPORT(3NR3).  AT APPROXIMATELY 440 FEET AFTER BEGINNING THE TAKEOFF RUN THE RIGHT PROPELLER BEGAN TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE STRIKES DIMINISH IN INTENSITY UNTIL, AT APPROXIMATELY, THE 552 FOOT MARK, WHERE THEY DISAPPEAR.  AT APPROXIMATELY 668 AND 693 FEET BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT PROPELLERS, RESPECTIVELY,  BEGAN STRIKING THE GROUND AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON IT'S BELLY, FROM THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT SIDE WHERE IT CAME TO REST AT THE 1320 FOOT MARK AND FACING APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS APPROPRIATELY RATED AND POSSESSED A CURRENT MEDICAL.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD WITHIN IT A CURRENT REGISTRATION AND VALID AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE.

THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE IN ORDER.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT THE 3NR3 JACK THE AIRCRAFT AND SWING THE LANDING GEAR.  PRIOR TO BEING ABLE TO SWING THE GEAR THE 5 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER THAT POWERS THE GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE HAD TO BE RESET.  AFTER RESETTING THE BREAKER THE GEAR RETRACTED AND EXTENDED NORMALLY.  A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED BY THE FACILITY.  THE ONLY RELEVANT FINDING FROM THE INSPECTION WAS THAT THE RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE MINOR SEEPING AROUND THE LOWER FLUID FITTING.

IT HAD BEEN REPORTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT BEEN OPERATED IN THE PREVIOUS 3 MONTHS.

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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