# Incident 20020408010069I: Piper PA23250, Bowling Green, KY, April 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2002, 16:10 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, KY
- Airport: Bowling Green-Warren County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9645° N, 86.4197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL (BWG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9645&lon=-86.4197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4626P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4626P-2024-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 100 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020408010069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT THE BOWLING GREEN, KY AIRPORT WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO CHECK THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING.

## Other reports on N4626P (1)

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

- [Incident 19810508029419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810508029419I), May 8, 1981: Piper PA23250 (N4626P), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. Gear collapsed during rollout. Pilot inadvertant gear retraction.

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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