# Incident 20051021032539I: Piper PA46500TP, Gaithersburg, MD, October 21, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2005, 17:30 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Arpk Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53667, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53667-2010-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104622, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42 (registry code 52062, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46500TP
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 325 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051021032539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT RETURNED FROM (GYY) TO GAITHERSBURG (GAI). THE WEATHER WAS IFR AND THE PILOT MISSED THE APPROACH. PILOT STATED, ON HIS SECOND APPROACH HE PUT THE GEAR LEVER IN THE DOWN POSITION AND DROPPED ONE NOTCH OF FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BELLY. THE PILOT STATED AT THE INTERVIEW THAT HE DID NOT REMEMBER IF HE LOOKED AT THE GEAR SAFE LIGHT OR NOT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

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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