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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Springfield, MO · February 13, 2016

Date
February 13, 2016 · 16:36 local
Place
Springfield, MO
Airport
Springfield-Branson National
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5350F
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
13,697 total599 in this make and model64 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.

Aircraft landed on runway 14 with the landing gear in the retracted position. The aircraft underbelly contacted the runway surface and continued to slide down the runway coming to a stop on approximately the center line of the runway.

The post incident examination did not reveal any abnormalities with the gear extension and indicator systems.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 14 WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT UNDERBELLY CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND CONTINUED TO SLIDE DOWN THE RUNWAY COMING TO A STOP ON APPROXIMATELY THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY.

THE POST INCIDENT EXAMINATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY ABNORMALITIES WITH THE GEAR EXTENSION AND INDICATOR SYSTEMS.