# Incident 20230829013709I: Piper PA-31-350, Baltimore, MD, August 29, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2023, 07:55 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Martin State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3257° N, 76.4138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARTIN STATE (MTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3257&lon=-76.4138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13FS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13FS-2025-01-31) (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: 13,200 total, 27 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230829013709I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 29, 2023, AT APPROXIMATLEY 07:55 LOCAL TIME THE PILOT OF A PIPER PA-31 NAVJO LANDED GEAR UP WHILE PERFORMING A LANDING AT MARTIN STATE AIRPORT (MTN) ON RUNWAY 33. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION BUT DID NOT VERIFY THAT THE GEAR CAME DOWN. HE STATED THAT HE REALIZED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN IN THE FLAIR FOR LANDING AND IT WAS TO LATE TO EXECUTE A SAFE GO AROUND. AFTER LANDING HE NOTIFIED THE TOWER, SHUT DOWN THE AIRPLANE AND HE AND HIS PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N13FS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20010312004339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010312004339I), Mar 12, 2001: Piper PA31350 (N13FS), Salisbury, MD. (-23) On 3/12/01, [privacy data omitted]was acting as PIC of N13FS, a Piper PA-31 navajo airplane. After making an ILS approach to rwy 32 at Salisbury,…

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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