# Incident 20240827011619I: Piper PA-23-250, Traverse City, MI, August 27, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2024, 09:30 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JZ8S
- Location: 44.7543° N, 85.6030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Traverse City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7543&lon=-85.6030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6913A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6913A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 278 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240827011619I

## Narrative

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

DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THE INSTRUCTOR DID NOT CONFIRM THE LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN EXTENDED FOR LANDING. DURING LANDING, THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT REPORTED HEARING A SLIGHT SCRAPING NOISE, ADDED FULL POWER, AND CLIMBED TO PATTERN ALTITUDE.  AT THIS POINT IT WAS APPARENT THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED FOR THAT LANDING.  THE CREW THEN EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND MADE A NORMAL LANDING.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING, IT WAS NOTED THAT BOTH PROPELLERS HAD SUFFERED TIP DAMAGE TO ALL FOUR BLADES.  THE CREW STATED THAT THEY NOTICED A DIFFERENT SOUND WHEN MAKING THE GO AROUND FROM THE GEAR UP APPROACH AND LANDING BUT NOTED THE NOISE WAS NOT THAT NOTICEABLE AND THERE WAS NO NOTICEABLE VIBRATION.

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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