# Incident 20040921031499I: Piper PA24250, Ellenville, NY, September 21, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2004, 16:15 local time
- Place: Ellenville, NY
- Airport: Joseph Y Resnick Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7289° N, 74.3768° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOSEPH Y RESNICK (N89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7289&lon=-74.3768&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5569P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5569P) (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: 410 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040921031499I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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