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| Date: | Tuesday 1 March 2022 |
| Time: | 09:17 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga SP |
| Owner/operator: | Rum Runner Holdings LLC |
| Registration: | N8415H |
| MSN: | 32R-8113092 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5081 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE/KFXE), FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, FL (FXE/KFXE) |
| Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, FL (FXE/KFXE) | |
| Investigating agency: | FAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The pilot of a Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga SP radioed an emergency in relation to a malfunction of the landing gear around 09:30. He circled over the Everglades west of the field for about 2 hours to burn off fuel and conducted a safe emergency landing on RWY 31 with the right main gear retracted.
The sole pilot was not injured and the aircraft sustained minor damage.
Sources:
https://wsvn.com/news/local/small-plane-with-faulty-landing-gear-lands-safely-at-fort-lauderdale-executive-airport/
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/03/01/pilot-lands-small-plane-on-its-belly-at-fort-lauderdale-executive-airport/
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N8415H
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ab869f&lat=26.204&lon=-80.221&zoom=12.0&showTrace=2022-03-01
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N8415H/history/20220301/1348Z/KFXE/KFXE
https://photos-e1.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/646bb75b8d34b010bdc33838695a40606e1f46cf (photo)
Location
Media:
N8415H Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport right main gear failure pic.twitter.com/EK39EPfsUg
— FSX Aviation (@FSXAviation3) March 2, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2022 20:53 | gerard57 | Added |
| 01-Mar-2022 23:51 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Mar-2022 01:17 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 02-Mar-2022 11:09 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 02-Mar-2022 14:01 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Mar-2022 15:15 | johnwg | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Mar-2022 05:42 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
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