# Incident 20150914017039I: Piper PA-34, Fort Pierce, FL, September 14, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2015, 20:36 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N286ME, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N286ME) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34 (registry code 7103404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-C1E6 (registry code 41835, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-c1e6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO&LIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 343 total, 113 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150914017039I

## Narrative

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

WHILE LINED UP FOR RUNWAY 10R PILOT FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR AND IMPACTED RUNWAY SURFACE COMING TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  POST ACCIDENT REVEALED DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND BELLY SURFACES OF AIRCRAFT.  INTERVIEW WITH PILOT INDICATED THAT HE FLEW 7.3 HRS ON 9/13/2015 AND AGAIN  FOR 9.7 HRS ON 9/14/2015.  INCIDENT OCCURRED  IN LATE TWILIGHT HOURS , PILOT WORE RED LIGHT ON HEAD TO ASSIST IN PANEL ILLUMINATION WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO FAILURE TO OBSERVE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS.  HEADSET WORN FOR COMMUNICATION MAY HAVE PREVENTED PILOT FORM HEARING GEAR WARNING HORN.

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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