# Incident 20030914023849I: Piper PA28R201T, Bremerton, WA, September 14, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2003, 09:15 local time
- Place: Bremerton, WA
- Airport: Bremerton National
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4902° N, 122.7650° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bremerton National Airport (PWT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4902&lon=-122.7650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3587M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3587M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 462 total, 260 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030914023849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE GOT DISTRACTED WHILE TRYING TO LOCATE REPORTED TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN AND AS A RESULT FAILED TO USE A CHECKLIST OR TO VERIFY GEAR DOWN & LOCK INDICATION. PILOT ALSO STATED THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN WENT OFF JUST AS HE CROSSED THE MIDDLE MARKER, HE MENTALLY ASSOCIATED THE HORN AS THE MIDDLE MARKER. PILOT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC GEAR OVERRIDE WAS IN THE LOCKED UP POSITION, AS HIS NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR DEPARTING OUT OF VASHON ISLAND IS TO OVERRIDE THE GEAR SO THAT HE COULD RETRACT THE GEAR AT A LOWER AIRSPEED TO CLEAR THE TREES THAT ARE ON THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

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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