# Accident 20240729014339A: Piper PA-32R-301T, North Myrtle Be, SC, July 29, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2024, 23:31 local time
- Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8118° N, 78.7239° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8118&lon=-78.7239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5343C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5343C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,365 total, 690 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA337) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240729014339A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING FROM KOA7 TO KCRE AT 9,500 AT NIGHT (23:31 TIME OF INCIDDENT). AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ALTERNATOR ISSUE FROM A SHREDDED ALTERNATOR BELT. AS THE PILOT WAS TURNING FINAL, THEY REALIZED THEY WERE TOO HIGH SO THEY REDUCED POWER, PULLED THE HYDRAULIC PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKER, PUSHED THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN, UNCAGED THE EMERGENCY GEAR KNOB. THE PILOT DID NOT PULL THE KNOB BECAUSE THEY WERE TO FAST AND NEEDED TO BE BELOW 110 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN APPROACHING THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT INADVERTANTLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE KNOB ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED DOWN AND LANDED WITHOUT THE GEAR EXPENDED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA24LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA337), Jul 30, 2024: Piper PA-32R-301T (N5343C), North Myrtle Beach, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to use the emergency landing gear extension system, resulting in a gear-up landing. Contributing to the accident was an alternator belt failure.

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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