# Incident 20040326004839I: Piper PA24250, Brighton, CO, March 26, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Brighton, CO
- Airport: Brighton Van Aire Estates Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9835° N, 104.7046° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Brighton Van-Aire Estates Airport (CO12), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9835&lon=-104.7046&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8428P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8428P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,775 total, 375 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040326004839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 26, 2004, MR. JEROME WALSH DEPARTED VAN-AIR AIRPORT (CO12) IN N8428P. HE FLEW TO PLATTE VALLEY AIRPORT (18V) WHERE HE MADE A FULL STOP LANDING FOR FUEL. HE DEPARTED (18V) FOR (CO12) AND LANDED SUCCESSFULLY, TAXIED IN AND DECIDED TO MAKE ANOTHER TAKEOFF AND SHORT LOCAL FLIGHT TO ADJUST TRIM SETTINGS. AFTER DEPARTURE HE DID NOT RETACT THE FLAPS. HE NOTICED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT DEPARTING THE RUNWAY. HE MADE RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THIS INTENT ENTERING THE LANDING PATTERN. MR. WALSH STATED THAT HE NORMALLY PLACES THE GEAR DOWN THEN EXTENDS THE FLAPS AS PART OF HIS PREPARATION FOR LANDING. ON THIS LANDING THE FLAPS WERE ALREADY DOWN AND MENTALLY HE THOUGHT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THERE WAS TRAFFIC JUST DEPARTING AND SOME UNSTABLE AIR CAUSING HIM CONCERN. HE CONTINUED THE LANDING APPROACH AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. THE PROPELLER WAS BENT BELLY SCRAPED AND ONE FLAP HAD MINOR DAMAGE.

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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