Hard landing Incident Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II N111SM,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142061
 
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Date:Thursday 26 January 2012
Time:12:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA34 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II
Owner/operator:General Realty Inc.
Registration: N111SM
MSN: 34-7770333
Year of manufacture:1977
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Suffolk Executive Airport - KSFQ, VA -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Executive
Departure airport:KSFQ
Destination airport:KCGE
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The pilot of a Piper PA-34-200T reported landing gear problems around 11:35am and decided to return to Suffolk Executive Airport - KSFQ, VA.
After burn off fuel and attemps to solve the gear problems he also tried to get the gear to come down by making some hard landings on the main gear, but it just wouldn't come down.
Finally he landed the Piper Seneca II with an undeployed (or not fully locked) nose gear and came to rest in the grass.

Both occupants escaped unhurt.

Sources:

http://fox43tv.com/dpps/news/local/suffolk/plane-makes-emergency-landing_4054533
https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2012/01/26/plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-suffolk-airport/
https://www.13newsnow.com/news/Plane-lands-safely-in-Suffolk-after-reporting-landing-gear-trouble-138137858.html

http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/large/000/358/358252.jpg (photo)

Revision history:

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27-Jan-2012 00:25 RobertMB Added

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