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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Mitchell, SD · June 16, 2003

Date: June 16, 2003 · 15:15 local
Place: Mitchell, SD
Airport: Mitchell Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8606P
Reported as: Piper PA24260
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 650 total600 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N8606PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260S/N 24-4061 · Built 1964 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot carey buhler landed at mhe airport in N8606P, pa 24-260, aircraft. The aircraft touched down and rolled approximately 400 feet, then the gear collapsed and the aircraft skidded to a stop. Pilot reported that he may have reached for the flaps and put up the gear switch by mistake. The aircraft received minor damage and the pilot escaped without injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT CAREY BUHLER LANDED AT MHE AIRPORT IN N8606P, PA 24-260, AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET, THEN THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE MAY HAVE REACHED FOR THE FLAPS AND PUT UP THE GEAR SWITCH BY MISTAKE. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURIES.

Other reports on N8606P · 3

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

Accident 20260716012449ALanding: Approach · Baraboo, WIArrived on scene at approximately 1700 just n-w a 1/4 to 1/2 mile of the approach end of runway 19 across the road from the ho chunk casino. Aircraft N8606P mms PA-24-260 had come to rest in the grass after passing through a row of trees to the north 100…Jul 16, 2026 · Destroyed Incident 19910730042579ILevel Off Touchdown · Jamestown, NDPilot failed to ensure landing gear was down. Landed gear up.Jul 30, 1991 · Minor damage Incident 19860412020599IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Spearfish, SDEncountered gusty crosswind while taxiing and aircraft veered off side of the runway.Apr 12, 1986 · Minor damage