ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 188534
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| Date: | Monday 4 July 2016 |
| Time: | 09:40 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-325 Navajo C/R |
| Owner/operator: | Thomson Aviation Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-ETW |
| MSN: | 31-8112012 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Birdsville Airport, Birdsville, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Maree Caravan Park, Maree, South Australia |
| Birdsville Airport, Birdsville, Queensland (YBDV) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 4 July 2016, at about 09:40 Eastern Standard Time, a Piper PA31-325 aircraft, registered VH-ETW (ETW), arrived at Birdsville Airport, Queensland. The pilot and four passengers were on board the charter flight.
The pilot of ETW overflew the airport on the upwind end to reduce the possibility of a conflict with an arriving SAAB. ETW joined for a wide downwind leg of the circuit and lowered the landing gear. The SAAB that had just landed had not vacated the runway, so the pilot retracted the landing gear.
At the end of the downwind leg, the pilot selected the landing gear handle down. The pilot noticed that the landing gear selector moved out more easily than normal.
During the turn onto the base leg, the pilot felt something against their right knee and found that it was the landing gear selector handle, which had become partially detached. The pilot took hold of the handle to ensure it was not lost.
The pilot inserted the handle back into the landing gear selector lever and retracted and extended the landing gear to ensure that everything was operating correctly. The pilot removed the handle and kept hold of it.
The pilot flared the aircraft for landing, as the attitude kept increasing, the pilot slowly advanced the throttles, the propellers struck the runway. The aircraft speed had increased to take off speed and the pilot continue with a take-off.
The pilot conducted a circuit and landed without further incident. The pilot and passengers were uninjured and the aircraft had minor damage to the propeller
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2016/aair/ao-2016-072/
2. https://www.casa.gov.au/aircraft-register?search_api_views_fulltext=&vh=Etw&field_ar_serial=
3. https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7398578
4. https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5772037/ao-2016-072-final.pdf
5. http://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/au/ETW
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2016 07:48 | Pineapple | Added |
| 06-Jul-2016 13:48 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 06-Jul-2016 13:49 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 12-Jul-2016 07:10 | junior sjc | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 23-Oct-2017 19:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 02:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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