# Incident 20020912024809I: Piper PA32R300, Gaithersburg, MD, September 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2002, 12:00 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Arpk Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9669K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9669K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 275 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020912024809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WENT TO GAI TO INSPECT AIRCRAFT N9669K, A PIPER PA 32R-300 WHICH WAS SETTING OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 32 IN THE GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 2000' DOWN RUNWAY 32. MEET WITH THE PILOT, WILLIAM HUGHES AT THE AIRPORT RESTAURANT TO DISCUSS WHAT HAD HAPPENED. MR. HUGHES STATED THAT HE WAS ON A FLIGHT JUST TO CHECK OUT EQUIPMENT IN THE AIRPLANE. HE SAID THAT HE WENT OUT AND DID ONE TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AND DECIDED TO GO BACK AND DO ANOTHER ONE. ON THE SECOND LANDING HE SAID THAT HE JUST FORGOT THE GEAR AND WHEN HE PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK AND SARTED TO FLARE THE HORN WENT OFF. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT REALIZED THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND HE QUICKLY REACHED OVER AND PUT THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION BUT IT WAS TOO LATE BECAUSE THE PROP HAD STARTED TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD SETTLED DOWN ON TO THE RUNWAY. HE SLID A FEW HUNDRED FEET AND WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. HE SHUT OFF ALL THE SWITCHES AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT HAS CURRENT ANNUAL, 91.411, 91.413, 91.207 (D) INSPECTIONS.

## Other reports on N9669K (2)

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

- [Incident 19980923026019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980923026019I), Sep 23, 1998: Piper PA32R300 (N9669K), Gaithersburg, MD, Minor damage. Aircraft struck deer while landing during night currency touch and go's, deer impacted nose gear before nose gear touchdown. (-23) aircraft struck deer while…
- [Incident 19850729045249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850729045249I), Jul 29, 1985: Piper PA32R300 (N9669K), Elkins, WV, Minor damage. Electrical failure in flight. Pilot unable to extend gear by any means. Made gear up landing. Alternator failed.

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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