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FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Grand Rapids, MI · February 3, 2023

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Date
February 3, 2023 · 16:33 local
Place
Grand Rapids, MI
Airport
Gerald R Ford International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56MJ
Reported as
Piper PA-31-350
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
28,143 total2,412 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days
N56MJRegistered now · Piper PA-31-350S/N 31-8152108 · Built 1981Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

On February 03, 2023, at approximately 1633 local time, a Piper PA31-350privacy data omittedand operated by an airline transport pilot, received minor damage during an attempted landing on rwy 35 at kgrr, Gerald r. Ford international airport. The flight was a repositioning flight from 35D, allegan - padgham field to grr to pick up passengers and was being flown under 14CFR part 91 with a flight plan. The one passenger on board during the flight is a commercially rated pilot and was sitting in the right seat of the cockpit assisting with radio communications and hazard avoidance only. According to the pilot during the straight-in approach to rwy 35, everything was normal and the before-landing checklist was completed. Aircraft crossed the threshold for rwy 35 and then he pulled back the power and heard what he thought was the stall horn going off and then heard a scrapping noise behind and underneath him. Then he realized that the stall horn noise was actually the gear warning horn going off and that the gear was still in the up-and-locked configuration. He immediately applied power, notified the tower of the need to go around, and landed with gear down and no further issues on rwy 26R. They taxied to parking and inspected the aircraft and the following damage was noted: #1 comm antenna was broken off and later found on rwy 35, all propeller blades on both engines had scrap marks on the tips from contact with the runway and the underside of the passenger step was scrapped that is located behind the left wing. There were no injuries to the pilot or passenger.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 03, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1633 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA31-350^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AND OPERATED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING ON RWY 35 AT KGRR, GERALD R. FORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT WAS A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM 35D, ALLEGAN - PADGHAM FIELD TO GRR TO PICK UP PASSENGERS AND WAS BEING FLOWN UNDER 14CFR PART 91 WITH A FLIGHT PLAN. THE ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD DURING THE FLIGHT IS A COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT AND WAS SITTING IN THE RIGHT SEAT OF THE COCKPIT ASSISTING WITH RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND HAZARD AVOIDANCE ONLY. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT DURING THE STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH TO RWY 35, EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL AND THE BEFORE-LANDING CHECKLIST WAS COMPLETED. AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE THRESHOLD FOR RWY 35 AND THEN HE PULLED BACK THE POWER AND HEARD WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE STALL HORN GOING OFF AND THEN HEARD A SCRAPPING NOISE BEHIND AND UNDERNEATH HIM. THEN HE REALIZED THAT THE STALL HORN NOISE WAS ACTUALLY THE GEAR WARNING HORN GOING OFF AND THAT THE GEAR WAS STILL IN THE UP-AND-LOCKED CONFIGURATION. HE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED POWER, NOTIFIED THE TOWER OF THE NEED TO GO AROUND, AND LANDED WITH GEAR DOWN AND NO FURTHER ISSUES ON RWY 26R. THEY TAXIED TO PARKING AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE WAS NOTED: #1 COMM ANTENNA WAS BROKEN OFF AND LATER FOUND ON RWY 35, ALL PROPELLER BLADES ON BOTH ENGINES HAD SCRAP MARKS ON THE TIPS FROM CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE PASSENGER STEP WAS SCRAPPED THAT IS LOCATED BEHIND THE LEFT WING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.