# Incident 20050906019599I: Piper PA24250, Honesdale, PA, September 6, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2005, 10:30 local time
- Place: Honesdale, PA
- Airport: Cherry Ridge Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5156° N, 75.2516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHERRY RIDGE (N30), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5156&lon=-75.2516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8392P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8392P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050906019599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT THE CHERRY RIDGE AIRPORT (N30) IN HONESDALE, PA, THE AIRMAN REALIZED THE LOCAL TRAFFIC WAS USING RUNWAY 18. IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING TO RUNWAY 18, THE AIRMAN FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS VMC WITH LIGHT WINDS. THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO SOME BELLY SKIN AND THE PROPELLER. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8392P (1)

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

- [Incident 19990201000969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990201000969I), Feb 1, 1999: Piper PA24250 (N8392P), Reading, PA, Minor damage. Acft landing gear collapsed on landing. In process of flying a coupled instrument approach to runway 36 at Reading, PA (rdg), pilot did not ensure that landing…

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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