# Incident 20221213020849I: Piper PA-31-350, West Palm Beach, FL, December 13, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2022, 13:46 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: North County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19CB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19CB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221213020849I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/13/2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1346 EST LOCAL, A PA-31-350 PIPER CHIEFTAIN LANDED ON RWY 27R AT NORTH COUNTY AIRPORT (F45) IN WEST PALM BEACH, FL. THE PILOT, EXPERIENCED AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION PRIOR TO LANDING AND ATTEMPTED TO FLY NE OF F45 TO PERFORM MANEUVERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO ROCK THE GEAR INTO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.

THE PILOT'S ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND THEY ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE INTENDED HOME AIRPORT, F45. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RWY 27R, A GRASS STRIP WET FROM A RECENT RAIN ALLOWING FOR A SMOOTHER LANDING ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.

INVESTIGATING ASI OBSERVED NO EVIDENCE OF PROP STRIKE.

AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 414' WEST OF RWY 14 EDGE, 30' FROM RWY EDGE OF RWY 27R AND 12' FROM RWY 27R CENTERLINE.

PILOT AND OTHER OCCUPANT WERE UNINJURED AND NO PROPERTY ON THE AIRPORT SURFACE WAS DAMAGED.

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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