# Incident 20161227021599I: Piper PA-31-350, Spokane, WA, December 27, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2016, 02:21 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Spokane Felt Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: APCA
- Location: 47.6588° N, 117.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spokane, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6588&lon=-117.4260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3582X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3582X-2021-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161227021599I

## Narrative

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

PILOT COMMENCED APPROACH AND RAN BEFORE LANDING CHECKS 2 MILES OUTSIDE FAF.  INSIDE FAF TURBULENCE INCREASED AND  PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED BY TAIL WIND AND BELIEF PLANE WAS CRABBED IN WRONG DIRECTION.  PILOT SAW RUNWAY AND WAS FOCUSED ON DETERMINING RUNWAY CONDITION.  AFTER THE GEAR-UP LANDING, THE PILOT SECURED AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY AND SHUT OFF THE POWER (ELECTRICAL).  WHEN THE PILOT POWERED UP THE AIRCRAFT (ELECTICAL) IN AN ATTEMPT TO ADVISE ATC OF THE SITUATION BY RADIO, THE PILOT NOTED HEARING THE GEAR WARNING HORN.  PILOT ADMITTED TO FORGETTING TO SELECT GEAR HANDLE TO DOWN POSITION.

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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