# Incident 20130328003619I: Piper PA-31-310, Charleston, WV, March 28, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2013, 11:03 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N476HS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N476HS-2018-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (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-31-310
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 379 total, 39 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/20130328003619I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ENROUTE IN VMC CONDITIONS  FROM MARTINSBURG / EASTERN WV REGIONAL AIRPORT (MRB)TO A SITE APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES SW OF CHARLESTON YEAGER AIRPORT (CRW), WV FOR THE PURPOSE OF AERIAL MAPPING WITH AN ONBOARD CAMERA SYSTEM AND CAMERAMAN. APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES FROM CRW AND AT 10,500 FEET AGL HE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT ENGINE OF WHICH THERE WAS NO EGT INDICATION AND THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE INDICATED LOW. HE DIVERTED TO CHARLESTON/YEAGER AIRPORT (CRW), WV TO HAVE MAINTENANCE LOOK AT THE ISSUE. HE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN POWER WITH THE LEFT ENGINE IN CRUISE AND DURING THE APPROACH. DURING THE APPROACH SEQUENCE THE PILOT NEGLECTED TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE COMPLETELY DOWN - ONLY TO MID POSITION, DID NOT VERIFY THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR INDICATORS, AND THE LANDING GEAR REMAINED RETRACTED. THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN DID SOUND BUT THE PILOT THOUGHT IT WAS THE STALL WARNING HORN. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED ON RUNWAY 23. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT NOTED SOME SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT PRIOR TO EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, HOWEVER NO FIRE WAS PRESENT. THE PILOT AND CAMERAMAN WERE UNHURT.

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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