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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Puyallup, WA · August 10, 2004

Date: August 10, 2004 · 08:00 local
Place: Puyallup, WA
Airport: Pierce County-Thun Field Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5442P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
Reported engine: Lycoming O540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,988 total200 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N5442PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-496 · Built 1958 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On August 10, 2004 at approximately 08:00, richard engstrom was piloting N5442P a Piper PA-24-250. He entered the traffic pattern for a landing at Thun field in Puyallup. After entering the pattern from the 45, he lowered the landing gear and the flaps. From base to final he lowered the flaps an additional amount. The next thing the pilot remembers is the propeller blades hitting the runway and the engine stopping and the airplane coming to a skidding stop. The pilot removed his headset and heard a horn going off in the aircraft. He turned off the master switch and realized he landed with the landing gear up. The aircraft sustained skin damage on the belly and three bent propeller blades at the tip. Pilot was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 10, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 08:00, RICHARD ENGSTROM WAS PILOTING N5442P A PIPER PA-24-250. HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR A LANDING AT THUN FIELD IN PUYALLUP. AFTER ENTERING THE PATTERN FROM THE 45, HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND THE FLAPS. FROM BASE TO FINAL HE LOWERED THE FLAPS AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT. THE NEXT THING THE PILOT REMEMBERS IS THE PROPELLER BLADES HITTING THE RUNWAY AND THE ENGINE STOPPING AND THE AIRPLANE COMING TO A SKIDDING STOP. THE PILOT REMOVED HIS HEADSET AND HEARD A HORN GOING OFF IN THE AIRCRAFT. HE TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH AND REALIZED HE LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SKIN DAMAGE ON THE BELLY AND THREE BENT PROPELLER BLADES AT THE TIP. PILOT WAS UNINJURED.