# Incident 19990116005689I: Piper PA60600, Morgantown, WV, January 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1999, 07:17 local time
- Place: Morgantown, WV
- Airport: Morgantown Municipal-Walter L Bill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6375° N, 79.9469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6375&lon=-79.9469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3645M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1J5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 200 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990116005689I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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