# Incident 20040810018029I: Piper PA24250, Puyallup, WA, August 10, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2004, 08:00 local time
- Place: Puyallup, WA
- Airport: Pierce County-Thun Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1039° N, 122.2872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIERCE COUNTY/THUN FLD (PLU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1039&lon=-122.2872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5442P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5442P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,988 total, 200 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040810018029I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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