# Incident 20000706034599I: Piper PA24, Fort Worth, TX, July 6, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2000, 17:30 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Hicks Airfield Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5238P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5238P-2023-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Pilot flight hours: 5,625 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000706034599I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD TO CARRY POWER THROUGHOUT THE APPROACH THEREBY SILENCING THE GEAR HORN. WHEN HE DID REDUCE THE POWER THE GEAR HORN DID SOUND BUT IT DID NOT REGISTER.  AS A RESULT, HE LANDED GEAR UP CAUSING MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N5238P (1)

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

- [Accident 19990611021749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990611021749A), Jun 11, 1999: Piper PA24180 (N5238P), Ft Myers, FL, Substantial damage. On June 11, 1999, about 0944 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-24, N5238P, registered to a private individual, operating as a title 14 CFR part 91 personal…

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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