# Incident 20230216002979I: Piper PA-31-310, Tallahassee, FL, February 16, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2023, 22:19 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3968° N, 84.3509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALLAHASSEE INTL (TLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3968&lon=-84.3509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91HP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91HP-2024-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (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-31-310
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230216002979I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023 AT 2219 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA 31-310, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED WITH A RETRACTED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AT TALLAHASSEE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A POP UP IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THE 2 PILOTS AND 1 PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LANTANA, FLORIDA ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023.

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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