20220130002799I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Athens, GA · January 30, 2022

Date
January 30, 2022 · 13:09 local
Place
Athens, GA
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N74825
Reported as
Piper PA-31-350
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

N74825 declared an emergency for landing gear malfunction during approach to land at 3J7, green county airport, greensboro ga. Landing gear would not extend normally or alternately. Aircraft did a low approach past tower to verify landing gear were not down. Aircraft diverted to kahn, Athens, GA and performed a gear up landing. No injuries or fire.

As the FAA filed it

N74825 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION DURING APPROACH TO LAND AT 3J7, GREEN COUNTY AIRPORT, GREENSBORO GA. LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND NORMALLY OR ALTERNATELY. AIRCRAFT DID A LOW APPROACH PAST TOWER TO VERIFY LANDING GEAR WERE NOT DOWN. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO KAHN, ATHENS, GA AND PERFORMED A GEAR UP LANDING. NO INJURIES OR FIRE.