# Incident 20130613014349I: Piper PA-32R-301T, Paola, KS, June 13, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2013, 13:50 local time
- Place: Paola, KS
- Airport: Miami County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5406° N, 94.9202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI COUNTY (K81), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5406&lon=-94.9202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2547Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2547Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-541 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130613014349I

## Narrative

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

AFTER DEPARTURE THE PILOT NOTICED THE FUEL CAPS HAD NOT BEEN SECURED AND FUEL WAS VENTING FROM THE FUEL FILLER PORTS. THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT AND UPON LANDING FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR THUS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE LANDING GEAR FIRMLY IN THE WELLS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND A SMALL FIRE ERUPTED ON THE LEFT WING WHEN SPARKS GENERATED DUE TO THE GEAR-UP LANDING IGNITED FUEL VENTED FROM THE UNSECURED FUEL CAP.

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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