# Incident 20051009022139I: Piper PA24250, Houston, TX, October 9, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2005, 16:20 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston-Southwest Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5061° N, 95.4769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUSTON/SOUTHWEST (AXH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5061&lon=-95.4769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6882P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6882P) (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*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 135 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051009022139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PRIVATE PILOT SAID HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR OF THE PIPER COMANCHE WHILE HE WAS PRACTICING THE SECOND OF THREE PLANNED TOUCH & GO LANDINGS. PILOT SAID HE DID NOT USE HIS PRINTED BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST BECAUSE HE WAS SO BUSY AS A SOLO PILOT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN OF THE NON-TOWERED AIRPORT. HE SAID HE NORMALLY USED A "GUMPS" CHECK ON DOWNWIND, BUT HE FORGOT THIS TIME. EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE SHOWED THE COMANCHE FIRST TOUCHED DOWN AT THE 2,400 FOOT MARK ON RUNWAY 09, A 5,000 FOOT LONG ASPHALT RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED FOR 400 FEET AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO HIS FAILURE TO HEAR THE "GEAR UP" WARNING HORN WAS THE FACT THAT THE PILOT WAS WEARING A HEADSET AND THE WARNING HORN IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE COCKPIT INTERCOM SYSTEM. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD BELLY, WITH SUDDEN STOPPAGE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, AND DAMAGE TO BOTH BLADES OF THE PROPELLER. THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE GEAR DOORS, WINGS, FLAPS, EMPENNAGE OR TAIL SURFACES. THE PILOT SHOWED THE FAA INSPECTOR A SUPERFICIAL ABRASION INJURY TO HIS THIGH WHICH HE SAID HE SUSTAINED WHEN EXITING THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N6882P (2)

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

- [Accident 19960407006209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960407006209A), Apr 7, 1996: Piper PA24250 (N6882P), Bellville, TX, Substantial damage. Too high first try at private strip. On second try landed long. Skidded off end. Folded gear. Broke wing spar. (-23) pilot landed fast and with no flaps half…
- [Incident 19780816036899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780816036899I), Aug 16, 1978: Piper PA24250 (N6882P), Bethany, OK, Minor damage. Hard landing caused gear to collapse.

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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