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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Montgomery, NY · March 30, 2016

Date
March 30, 2016 · 17:30 local
Place
Montgomery, NY
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N322FC
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-360-RBIB
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,434 total562 in this make and model8 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.

^Mr. Roberto peon-castenllanos^, who was the pilot in command, stated that he cancelled his IFR flight plan into kmgj and then entered the uncontrolled airport traffic pattern in VFR conditions. He stated that normally he extends the landing gear at midfield downwind followed by a gumps check on final approach. On this flight, he was distracted on both occasions by an aircraft announcing its entrance into the traffic pattern and also a proximity warning from his ADS-B equipment. Due to the gusty winds, he used the approach flap setting and did not hear the gear warning horn until the power was fully retarded and it was too late. The pilot in command's failure to extend the landing gear prior to touchdown resulted in the aircraft landing on the runway in a gear-up configuration resulting in minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

^MR. ROBERTO PEON-CASTENLLANOS^, WHO WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND, STATED THAT HE CANCELLED HIS IFR FLIGHT PLAN INTO KMGJ AND THEN ENTERED THE UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN IN VFR CONDITIONS. HE STATED THAT NORMALLY HE EXTENDS THE LANDING GEAR AT MIDFIELD DOWNWIND FOLLOWED BY A GUMPS CHECK ON FINAL APPROACH. ON THIS FLIGHT, HE WAS DISTRACTED ON BOTH OCCASIONS BY AN AIRCRAFT ANNOUNCING ITS ENTRANCE INTO THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND ALSO A PROXIMITY WARNING FROM HIS ADS-B EQUIPMENT. DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS, HE USED THE APPROACH FLAP SETTING AND DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN UNTIL THE POWER WAS FULLY RETARDED AND IT WAS TOO LATE. THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S FAILURE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT LANDING ON THE RUNWAY IN A GEAR-UP CONFIGURATION RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.