# Incident 20040101000359I: Piper PA24260, Miller, SD, January 1, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2004, 16:45 local time
- Place: Miller, SD
- Airport: Miller Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5252° N, 98.9581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLER MUNI (MKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5252&lon=-98.9581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8901P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8901P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040101000359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WILBUR HURD TOOK OFF FROM MILLER, SD TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN N8901P, A PIPER PA-24 AIRCRAFT. ON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN MR. HURD FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND MADE A GEAR UP LANDING. THE PILOT ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURIES AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N8901P (1)

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

- [Accident 19760416016789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760416016789A), Apr 16, 1976: Piper PA24260 (N8901P), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Pilot lowered gear manually. Unsafe gear light. Gear collapsed on landing roll

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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