# Incident 20230203000709I: Piper PA-31-350, Grand Rapids, MI, February 3, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2023, 16:33 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Gerald R Ford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8808° N, 85.5228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GERALD R FORD INTL (GRR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8808&lon=-85.5228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56MJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56MJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (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-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 28,143 total, 2,412 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230203000709I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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