# Incident 20210830014609I: Piper PA-23-250, Port St. Lucie, FL, August 30, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2021, 18:15 local time
- Place: Port St. Lucie, FL
- Airport: Treasure Coast Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 9T9A
- Location: 27.2409° N, 80.4886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TREASURE COAST AIRPARK (FL37), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2409&lon=-80.4886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6011Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6011Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (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-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,700 total, 4,000 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/20210830014609I

## Narrative

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

AS PILOT WAS TURNING FINAL AND RUNNING  FINAL CHECKLIST HE BECAME DISTRACTED BY SOME BIRDS, SMOKE NEXT TO THE RUNWAY, AND A SEMI TRUCK COMING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. HE THOUGHT HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND DIDN'T RESULTING IN A GEAR-UP LANDING.

-44709 WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE OPERATORS POI IN THE S. FLORIDA FSDO.

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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