# Incident 20240731011749I: Piper PA-39, Hazle Township, PA, July 31, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2024, 15:35 local time
- Place: Hazle Township, PA
- Airport: Hazleton Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9868° N, 75.9947° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAZLETON RGNL (HZL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9868&lon=-75.9947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45JL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45JL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-39 (registry code 7103902, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-39) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-39
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 485 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240731011749I

## Narrative

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

DURING THE LANDING PHASE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED WHICH CAUSED PROP STRIKES ON BOTH PROPELLERS AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AICRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE USED HIS BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST AND PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN BUT COULD NOT BE CERTAIN IF THE GEAR LIGHT WAS GREEN OR IF HE CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS FULLY DOWN BY VERIFYING IN THE NOSE GEAR MIRROR.

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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