# Incident 20010803020019I: Piper PA32R301T, Hot Springs, AR, August 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2001, 21:00 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Memorial Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4780° N, 93.0962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEML FLD (HOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4780&lon=-93.0962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42RT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42RT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 820 total, 662 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010803020019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 3, 2001 AT 2100 CDT, A PA-32R-301T, N42RT OWNED BY MICHAEL MONETT LANDED GEAR UP DURING A NIGHT VFR APPROACH AT THE HOT SPRINGS AIRPORT (KHOT). VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE ENTIRE WAS ON FLIGHT FOLLOWING.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPS AND THE LOWER FUSELAGE. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT NAME IS MICHAEL MONETTE, CERTIFICATE 503665846. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MCKINNEY AIRPORT (TKI) AT 1930 CDT ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2001.

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