20040723031869I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Denver, CO · July 23, 2004

Date
July 23, 2004 · 12:20 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Front Range Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8523Y
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total500 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Pilot/owner said he forgot to lower the landing gear prior to landing and did not realize it until the propellers hit the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT/OWNER SAID HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING AND DID NOT REALIZE IT UNTIL THE PROPELLERS HIT THE RUNWAY.