# Incident 20030104006699I: Piper PA24250, North Myrtle Be, SC, January 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2003, 14:00 local time
- Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8118° N, 78.7239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND STRAND (CRE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8118&lon=-78.7239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6404P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6404P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,650 total, 550 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030104006699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A PA-24-250 N6404P WAS PILOTED BY MR EDWARD SHAW LANDED GEAR UP. HE CLAIMED THE SUN WAS IN HIS EYES AND DID NOT VERIFY IF THE GEAR LIGHTS WERE IN THE GREEN AND LANDED ANYWAY. ONE PERSON ON BOARD, MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS FOUND IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE GEAR MOTOR CRKT BRKR WAS TRIPPED. A GEAR SWING WAS PERFORMED BY CRS PE4R473M NO TROUBLE WAS FOUND WITH THE GEAR SYSTEM. THE GEAR WARNING HORN, LIGHTS, EXTENSION AND RETRACTION WORKED OK. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED MR. SHAW FAILED TO PUT THE GEAR SWITCH IN THE OFF POSITION AFTER TAKE OFF AND WHEN LANDING HE DID PUT THE SWITCH DOWN BUT INTO THE OFF POSITION.

## Other reports on N6404P (1)

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

- [Incident 20000322003829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000322003829I), Mar 22, 2000: Piper PA24250 (N6404P), Bowling Green, KY, Minor damage. On March 22, 2000, at 1300 EST a Piper, PA-24-250, registration no. 6404P, registered to hogy, inc. contacted the runway with propeller tips on landing at…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.