39.6375° N, 79.9469° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, WV, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 16, 1999 · 07:17 local
Place
Morgantown, WV
Airport
Morgantown Municipal-Walter L Bill
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3645M
Reported as
Piper PA60600
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1J5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total200 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-5)Incident number : IEA0999003 pilot departed buffalo niagara international airport (buf), buffalo, new york, at approximately 0540 local, enroute to Morgantown, WV (mgw). Upon arrival at mgw pilot failed to extend the landing gear and made a gear up landing skidding approximately 2500 feet on the aircraft fuselage. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the fuselage, and bent propellers.
As the FAA filed it
(-5)INCIDENT NUMBER : IEA0999003 PILOT DEPARTED BUFFALO NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BUF), BUFFALO, NEW YORK, AT APPROXIMATELY 0540 LOCAL, ENROUTE TO MORGANTOWN, WV (MGW). UPON ARRIVAL AT MGW PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND MADE A GEAR UP LANDING SKIDDING APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET ON THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE, AND BENT PROPELLERS.