# Incident 20030104000319I: Piper PA28R180, Los Lunas, NM, January 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2003, 13:00 local time
- Place: Los Lunas, NM
- Airport: Mid Valley Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7610° N, 106.7449° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MID VALLEY AIRPARK (E98), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7610&lon=-106.7449&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4981J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4981J-2019-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030104000319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 4, 2003, AT 1300 MST, A PIPER PA-28R-180, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT, GEORGE DOSTAL, LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP AT THE MIDVALLEY AIR PARK (E98) IN THE CITY OF LOS LUNAS, NM WHILE CONDUCTING TOUCH & GO LANDINGS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WHO WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ABQ ON 01/04/03 AT 1230 MSR. PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 36 AT E98. WHILE ON FINAL DURING THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND DUE TO A BLOCKED RADIO CALL THEN WHEN CANCELLED THE GO AROUND AND LANDED GEAR UP. WHEN THE PILOT INITIATED THE GO AROUND THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. THE PILOT DECIDED THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC CONFLICT AND ELECTED TO LAND. A BEFORE LANDING CHECK LIST WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO LANDING FOR THE GO AROUND CONFIGURATION.

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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