# Incident 20171203022599I: Piper PA-32R-301, Plainville, CT, December 3, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2017, 11:00 local time
- Place: Plainville, CT
- Airport: Robertson Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6893° N, 72.8647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROBERTSON FLD (4B8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6893&lon=-72.8647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8041B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8041B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 900 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171203022599I

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED BLOCK ISLAND (KBID) EN-ROUTE BACK TO HOME BASE, ROBERTSON AIRPORT (4B8) WITH ATC FLIGHT FOLLOWING IN VMC CONDITIONS.  PILOT STATED HE WAS TOO HIGH FOR LANDING UPON SEEING 4B8 AND HE REMOVED ALL AIRCRAFT POWER IN ORDER TO ENTER THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT AN APPROPRIATE ALTITUDE.  PILOT STATED THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WAS SOUNDING THE ENTIRE TIME. AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON RUNWAY CENTER LINE WITH FULL FLAPS, UNDER POWER WITHOUT LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. PROPELLER SIGNATURES CONFIRM THIS AND LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY ONCE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED.

## Other reports on N8041B (1)

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

- [Accident 20000330040059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000330040059A), Mar 30, 2000: Piper PA32R301 (N8041B), East Haddam, CT, Substantial damage. (.4)On March 30, 2000, about 1545 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-32R-301, N8041B, was substantially damaged while landing at the Goodspeed Airport (42B),…

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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