# Incident 20210913015679I: Piper PA-32R-301, Port Clinton, OH, September 13, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2021, 17:50 local time
- Place: Port Clinton, OH
- Airport: Erie Ottawa International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5163° N, 82.8695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ERIE-OTTAWA INTL (PCW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5163&lon=-82.8695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81593, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81593) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 745 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210913015679I

## Narrative

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

BECAUSE OF OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE PILOT EXTENDED HIS DOWNWIND LEG AND DID NOT LOWER THE GEAR WHERE HE NORMALLY DOES ON THE DOWNWIND LEG.  HE THEN CONTINUED TO BASE, FINAL AND TOUCHDOWN NEVER LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR.  BECAUSE HE WAS WEARING NOISE CANCELLING HEADSETS HE DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE CENTERLINE AND SLID TO A STOP LEFT OF CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N81593 (1)

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

- [Incident 19861115070839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861115070839I), Nov 15, 1986: Piper PA32R301 (N81593), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. Electrical problem after takeoff. Returned and used incorrect manual extension procedures for gerar. Landed gar up.

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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