# Incident 20150103000029I: Piper PA-46-310P, Beaumont, TX, January 3, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2015, 16:30 local time
- Place: Beaumont, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0860° N, 94.1018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaumont, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0860&lon=-94.1018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20DP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20DP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-46-310P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150103000029I

## Narrative

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

N20DP A PIPER PA-46 OPERATED BY THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM GUNNISON REGIONAL AIRPORT (KGUC) TO JACK BROOKS REGIONAL AIRPORT (KBPT). DURING THE ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 12, AN UNSAFE GEAR CONDITION WAS DISPLAYED. THE PILOT CONTACTED THE CONTROL TOWER, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH AND WAS VECTORED BY ATC FOR A SECOND APPROACH ALLOWING FOR TIME TO TROUBLE SHOOT THE GEAR PROBLEM. DURING THE SECOND APPROACH, THE CONTROL TOWER PERSONNEL OBSERVED THE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THE PILOT EXECUTED A SECOND GO AROUND AND WAS VECTORED FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL APPROACH. THE PILOT EXECUTED AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 12 AND MADE A PLANNED GEAR-UP LANDING.

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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