# Incident 19991006028179I: Piper PA60601, Smoketown, PA, October 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1999, 17:00 local time
- Place: Smoketown, PA
- Airport: Smoketown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0416° N, 76.2019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMOKETOWN (S37), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0416&lon=-76.2019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15MH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601 (registry code 7106010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601
- Reported engine: LYC IO540S1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991006028179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 6, 1999, MIKE KUHN, 63429153, LANDED N15MH, A PA-60-601, GEAR UP AT SMOKETOWN AIRPORT, PA (37PA). PILOT STATED HE WAS LANDING TO THE WEST INTO THE SETTING SUN AND WHEN HE LOOKED DOWN HE COULD NOT TELL IF THE THREE GREEN GEAR LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED.  THE GEAR HORN WENT OFF RIGHT WHEN THE PROPS BEGAN HITTING THE RUNWAY.  AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND STATED THE DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL AND DECLARED IT AN INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N15MH (1)

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

- [Incident 19991206035839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991206035839I), Dec 6, 1999: Piper PA60601 (N15MH), Middletown, PA. (-23) Rocc reported inflight engine shut down and precautionary landing 12-06-99 @ 004 local @ MDT. PIC noticed power loss and oil pressure decrease on #2…

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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