# Incident 20030908025339I: Piper PA32R300, Fort Worth, TX, September 8, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2003, 12:45 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15BR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15BR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Pilot flight hours: 30 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030908025339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09/09/2003, AT 12:45 LOCAL TIME A PIPER PA-32R-300, N15BR, REGISTERED TO BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED GEAR UP AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS BY THE PILOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT, VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ADA, OKLAHOMA ON 09/08/2003 AT 11:55 P.M.

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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