# Incident 19900411015959I: Piper PA24250, Evansville, IN, April 11, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1990, 20:00 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Airport: Evansville Dress Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9748° N, 87.5558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9748&lon=-87.5558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5533P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5533P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900411015959I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER GEAR WHILE PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. LANDED WITH GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N5533P (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19940725031259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940725031259I), Jul 25, 1994: Piper PA24250 (N5533P), Spencer, MA, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft being test flown to check a repaired vacuum system. Pilot stated he inadvertently placed the landing gear selector switch to the "off" or…
- [Incident 19870508023469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870508023469I), May 8, 1987: Piper PA24250 (N5533P), Evansville, IN, Minor damage. Propeller struck runway during touch and go. Gear extended manually for next landing. Battery was not fully charged

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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