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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301T · Winnie, TX · February 14, 2015

Date
February 14, 2015 · 14:29 local
Place
Winnie, TX
Airport
Winnie/Stowell
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N661P
Reported as
Piper PA-32R-301T
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
432 total336 in this make and model9 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.

Blk 21A: the aircraft appeared to have landed with the gear up after a normal approach.

The PIC stated that he had selected the gear to the down position @ approximately 1000 ft during his approach.

The reporting individual who witnessed the evolution stated that the landing gear never extended during the approach and subsequent belly landing.

As the FAA filed it

BLK 21A: THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP AFTER A NORMAL APPROACH.

THE PIC STATED THAT HE HAD SELECTED THE GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION @ APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT DURING HIS APPROACH.

THE REPORTING INDIVIDUAL WHO WITNESSED THE EVOLUTION STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR NEVER EXTENDED DURING THE APPROACH AND SUBSEQUENT BELLY LANDING.