# Incident 20170104011099I: Piper PA-31-350, Roseburg, OR, January 4, 2017 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 4, 2017, 09:00 local time - Place: Roseburg, OR - Airport: Roseburg - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135) - Operator: JIKA - Location: 43.2393° N, 123.3559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSEBURG RGNL (RBG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2393&lon=-123.3559&mi=10 - Aircraft: N42076, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42076-2023-12-07) (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, private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 60 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170104011099I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS: - DEPARTED PDX APPROXIMATELY 0800 LOCAL, FLEW THE VOR-A APPROACH (WITH DME) AT RBG WHICH IS NEARLY IN-LINE WITH RUNWAY 34. - WEATHER WAS APPROX. 1900 OVC, WINDS WERE LIGHT. - DURING THE DESCENT AND ON THE APPROACH THE PILOT EXPERIENCED MODERATE TO SEVERE ICING; AS A RESULT HE HAD TO CARRY SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL POWER TO MAINTAIN NORMAL AIRSPEEDS. - HE BROKE OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 1800-1900FT MSL, WAS A BIT HIGHER THAN DESIRED TO MAKE A LANDING ON 34, BUT DUE TO LOWER CLOUDS AROUND THE AIRPORT OPTED TO MAKE A HIGHER THAN NORMAL DESCENT PATH. - THE PILOT STATED HE HAD A HIGH WORK LOAD, ICING, WAS IN IMC AND AS A RESULT DID NOT HAVE THE TIME TO ACTUALLY REFER TO A CHECKLIST. - AFTER BREAKING OUT THE PILOT PICKED UP A VISUAL ON THE RUNWAY, PUT IN FULL FLAPS AND BELIEVED HE HAD PUT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE FULL DOWN POSITION. - ON A PHONE CALL LATER, THE PILOT STATED HE IS NOT SURE HE ACTUALLY PUT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE FULL DOWN, AND HE INDICATED HE DID NOT CONFIRM HE HAD 3 GREEN'. - DURING THE DESCENT TO THE RUNWAY, EVEN WITH THE STEEPER APPROACH PATH, WITH FULL FLAPS AND CARRYING ICE HE HAD TO CARRY ABOUT 20" OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN NORMAL SPEEDS. OF NOTE: THE GEAR WARNING HORN DOES NOT SOUND UNTIL ONE OF THE ENGINES' POWER IS REDUCED TO APPROXIMATELY 15" OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE. - WHEN INITIATING THE FLARE AND PULLING THE THROTTLES TO IDLE, IT WAS THEN THAT THE HORN' CAME ON. AT THAT MOMENT, THIS SEEMED NORMAL TO THE PILOT AS "THE HORN" IS THE SIMILAR TO THE STALL WARNING SOUND (WHICH IS WHAT THE PILOT STATED HE EXPECTED TO HEAR IN THE FLARE). - HAVING THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUND JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN IS NORMAL FOR A NORMAL APPROACH/LANDING. - IT WASN'T UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO LOWER THAN NORMAL ALTITUDE ABOVE THE GROUND THAT THE PILOT REALIZED THE WARNING HORN WAS SOUNDING BECAUSE THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN, AND NOT BECAUSE OF THE TYPICAL' STALL WARNING INDICATION. - THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME/AIRSPEED TO INITIATE A GO AROUND BEFORE CONTACTING THE RUNWAY. - THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON/NEAR THE CENTERLINE AND SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. - THE PILOT PERFORMED SHUT DOWN CHECKLIST, EGRESS CHECKLIST AND EVACUATED WITHOUT INJURY. - INITIAL INDICATIONS ARE THAT DAMAGE IS LIMITED TO AIRCRAFT LOWER SKIN, PROPELLERS, AND TRAILING EDGES OF THE FLAPS AND AILERON(S). ## Other reports on N42076 (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20120803016329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120803016329I), Aug 3, 2012: Piper PA-31-350 (N42076), Portland, OR, Minor damage. Enroute from eug to rbg when on downwind for rbg rt main landing gear (rmlg) shows unsafe with no green but a red light. Recycled gear with no change.… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.