# Incident 20171023021459I: Piper PA-31T, Tyler, TX, October 23, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2017, 13:17 local time
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Airport: Tyler Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3513° N, 95.3011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tyler, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3513&lon=-95.3011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53AM-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31T
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 1,700 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/20171023021459I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 23, 2017 @ APPROXIMATELY 1317 CDT AIRCRAFT N53AM, A PIPER PA-31T, SERIAL NUMBER 31T-7920037 REPORTED GEAR PROBLEM WHILE INBOUND TO TYLER, TX (TYR) AIRPORT.  THE PILOT MADE SEVERAL PASSES TO HAVE TWR ATC LOOK AT THE GEAR; THEY REPORTED THE LEFT MAIN APPEARED TO BE RETRACTED.  PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ADVISED INTENTION TO LAND RWY 17.  AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN JUST BEYOND THE INTERSECTION OF TWR B AND CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE.  NO SMOKE OR FLAMES WERE REPORTED.  THERE WAS ONE PERSON ON BOARD; NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N53AM (2)

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

- [Incident 19990120010229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990120010229I), Jan 20, 1999: Piper PA31T (N53AM), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. (-5)On January 20, 1999, at approximately 1420 hours local time, Piper aircraft N53A, owned in part by jmk holding management co., ltd., experienced a loss of…
- [Accident 19950820025592A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950820025592A), Aug 20, 1995: Piper PA31T (N53AM), Alpine, TX, Minor damage. Landed on runway and collided at intersection with N5638T that landed on runway 19. Stated made calls, verifified.

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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