# Incident 20130806017019I: Piper PA-31T1, Fletcher, NC, August 6, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2013, 12:15 local time
- Place: Fletcher, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N819SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N819SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T1 (registry code 7103126, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31T1
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-6 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,432 total, 430 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130806017019I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 6, 2013 N819SW OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 BY THE OWNER SUBSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT (AVL) ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.  AIRPORT TOWER TRIED TO INFORM THE PILOT TO GO AROUND BUT PILOT WAS ON WRONG FREQUENCY.  PILOT DID INITIATE A GO AROUND AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  AFTER LANDING PILOT NOTED DAMAGE TO LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLER TIPS.

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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