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FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Ellenville, NY · September 21, 2004

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Date
September 21, 2004 · 16:15 local
Place
Ellenville, NY
Airport
Joseph Y Resnick Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5569P
Reported as
Piper PA24250
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
410 total
N5569PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-633 · Built 1958Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) The pilot became distracted during preflight preparation and neglected to remove a tie-down strap and ratchet device from the wing. After take-off the pilot noticed the tie-down device trailing from below the wing and elected to return for a precautionary landing, concerned that damage to control surfaces might occur. As a result of the distraction the pilot did not extend the landing gear and landed with the gear up.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED DURING PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND NEGLECTED TO REMOVE A TIE-DOWN STRAP AND RATCHET DEVICE FROM THE WING. AFTER TAKE-OFF THE PILOT NOTICED THE TIE-DOWN DEVICE TRAILING FROM BELOW THE WING AND ELECTED TO RETURN FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING, CONCERNED THAT DAMAGE TO CONTROL SURFACES MIGHT OCCUR. AS A RESULT OF THE DISTRACTION THE PILOT DID NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP.