# Incident 20050325005879I: Piper PA28RT201, Winston Salem, NC, March 25, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2005, 23:50 local time
- Place: Winston Salem, NC
- Airport: Smith Reynolds
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1337° N, 80.2220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH REYNOLDS (INT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1337&lon=-80.2220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2895L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2895L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 80 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050325005879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM ORLANDO EXEC. TO WINSTON-SALEM, NC IN PIPER N2895L. MOST OF THE FLIGHT WAS IN IMC CONDITIONS AT 9000'. THE PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 33 AT INT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE APPROACH WAS "BUMPY" AND THAT HE PERFORMED HIS FINAL "GUMP" CHECK AT THE INNER MARKER. HE REALIZED AT THE LAST MINUTE THAT HE DID NOT HAVE 3 GREEN, BUT HE WAS TOO LOW AND COMMITED TO LAND AT THAT POINT. HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 33 WITH THE GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N2895L (4)

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

- [Incident 20120904021049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120904021049I), Sep 4, 2012: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N2895L), Appleton, WI, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Private pilot 3452258, was the pilot in command of N2895L when it departed the taxiway and impacted a taxi sign at the intersection of n…
- [Incident 20061114027079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061114027079I), Nov 14, 2006: Piper PA28RT201 (N2895L), Plymouth, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On November 14, 2006 at approximately 1700 hours local time, a Piper arrow iv, registration N2895L, contacted the runway surface at orlando, apopka…
- [Incident 20051108026699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051108026699I), Nov 8, 2005: Piper PA28RT201 (N2895L), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot advised that he failed to lower his landing gear because the majority of his 335 flight hrs was flying fixed landing gear aircraft. FAA…
- [Incident 20001222036479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001222036479I), Dec 22, 2000: Piper PA28RT201 (N2895L), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Incident occurred while performing touch and go landings for a complex aircraft sign off. Upon downwind for the second approach, pilot started prelanding…

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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