# Incident 20050624018199I: Piper PA24250, Newnan, GA, June 24, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2005, 16:00 local time
- Place: Newnan, GA
- Airport: Newnan Coweta County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3116° N, 84.7698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWNAN COWETA COUNTY (CCO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3116&lon=-84.7698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5843P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050624018199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THE VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 14 AT THE NEWNAN COWETA COUNTY AIRPORT (CCO), NEWNAN, GEORGIA, THE PILOT FAILED TO CHECK AND LOWER THE PIPER PA-24, LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE AIRCRAFT BELLY SECTION. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS, THE USE OF AIRCRAFT CHECK LIST AND PREFLIGHT/POST PROCEDURES.

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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