# Incident 20160625015279I: Piper PA-30, Fredricksburg, TX, June 25, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2016, 14:55 local time
- Place: Fredricksburg, TX
- Airport: Gillespie County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2432° N, 98.9092° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE COUNTY (T82), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2432&lon=-98.9092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7318Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7318Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,800 total, 1 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160625015279I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/25/2016, AIRCRAFT N7318Y, PIPER PA-30, PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR AT GILLESPIE COUNTY AIRPORT, TX (T82). THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON ITS BELLY ON THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND AIRCRAFT WAS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT HAS APPROXIMATELY 1.6 HOURS EXPERIENCE PILOTING THE PA-30 THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS SHUTDOWN, PILOT REQUESTED AIRCRAFT TO BE MOVED TO SAFE AREA.

## Other reports on N7318Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20230608021989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230608021989A), Jun 8, 2023: Piper PA-30 (N7318Y), Nephi, UT, Substantial damage. While enroute from kcdc to kbtf the aircraft experienced surging engines with most erratic fluctuations on the left engine. As a result of the erratic engine…

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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