# Incident 20040819020409I: Piper PA24250, Lancaster, OH, August 19, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2004, 18:37 local time
- Place: Lancaster, OH
- Airport: Fairfield County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7556° N, 82.6571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRFIELD COUNTY (LHQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7556&lon=-82.6571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5143P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5143P) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 848 total, 107 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040819020409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSPECTOR KEVIN TYREE WENT TO THE ACCIDENT SCENE AND THE PILOT, GENE SAUNDERS ADMITTED TO HIM THAT HE NEGLECTED TO LOWER THE GEAR HANDLE PRIOR TO LANDING. THIS IS VERIFIED BY A STATEMENT (ATTACHED) FROM MR. GARY YOUNG.

## Other reports on N5143P (1)

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

- [Incident 20210720012869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210720012869I), Jul 20, 2021: Piper PA-24-250 (N5143P), Lancaster, OH, Minor damage. Pilot in command (PIC)[privacy data omitted] lost engine power on base to final approach into fairfield co. airport (lhq) due to lack of fuel management.…

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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