20021113031149I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Denver, CO · November 13, 2002

Date
November 13, 2002 · 16:10 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Front Range Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7390P
Reported as
Piper PA24250
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,150 total102 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Upon landing, the pilot inadvertently moved the landing gear switch to the up position. The gear retracted, the prop struck the runway and the aircraft continued, sliding on its belly to an eventual stop at the south edge of runway 8.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) UPON LANDING, THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY MOVED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH TO THE UP POSITION. THE GEAR RETRACTED, THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED, SLIDING ON ITS BELLY TO AN EVENTUAL STOP AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF RUNWAY 8.