# Incident 20130417007419I: Piper PA-30, St Petersburg, FL, April 17, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2013, 12:10 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21VK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21VK-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 39,960 total, 260 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130417007419I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 17, 2013 AT APPROXIMATLEY 12:10 EASTERN STANDARD TIME A PIPER PA-30, N21VK, S/N 30-847, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION AT ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT IN ST. PETERSBURG, FL.  THE PILOT AND ONLY OCCUPANT WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91.  THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

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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