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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32RT-300T · Salt Lake City, UT · August 24, 2013

Date
August 24, 2013 · 14:10 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N31998
Reported as
Piper PA-32RT-300T
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
93 total32 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot was not able to retract the landing gear after trying the emergency gear extension checklist.

The aircraft came to rest on the runway on the main gear. The nose gear collapsed. The damage was limited to the cowling, propeller, and engine. No injuries to the passenger.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR AFTER TRYING THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY ON THE MAIN GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE COWLING, PROPELLER, AND ENGINE. NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER.

Other reports on N31998 · 4

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.