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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Suffolk, VA · February 2, 2016

Date
February 2, 2016 · 11:00 local
Place
Suffolk, VA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N111SM
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
24,100 total

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.

On final, pilot at the controls did not put landing down. Other pilot that was acting as PIC performing other tasks at time. A/c settled down to runway, pilot at the controls heard propellor blades striking runway and moved off to side of runway and settled down on the grass with landing gear up.

As the FAA filed it

ON FINAL, PILOT AT THE CONTROLS DID NOT PUT LANDING DOWN. OTHER PILOT THAT WAS ACTING AS PIC PERFORMING OTHER TASKS AT TIME. A/C SETTLED DOWN TO RUNWAY, PILOT AT THE CONTROLS HEARD PROPELLOR BLADES STRIKING RUNWAY AND MOVED OFF TO SIDE OF RUNWAY AND SETTLED DOWN ON THE GRASS WITH LANDING GEAR UP.

Other reports on N111SM · 2

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