# Incident 20060707015549I: Piper PA24250, Effingham, IL, July 7, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2006, 15:30 local time
- Place: Effingham, IL
- Airport: Effingham County Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0702° N, 88.5325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EFFINGHAM COUNTY RGNL (1H2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0702&lon=-88.5325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6497P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6497P-2022-05-09) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060707015549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N6497P, A PA-24 AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, AND SURFACE SKIN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT OCCUPANTS, A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE AIRCRAFT PILOT/OWNER, WERE CONDUCTING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 19 AT THE EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS AIRPORT, AND FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT WERE PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTING TAKE OFF AND LANDING MANEUVERS FROM THAT LOCATION WHEN THE MISHAP OCCURRED. NEITHER THE INSTRUCTOR OR PILOT/OWNER SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES DURING THE INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N6497P (1)

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

- [Accident 20190118000279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190118000279A), Jan 18, 2019: Piper PA-24-250 (N6497P), Beechwood, WI, Substantial damage. On January 18, 2019 a holder of private pilot certificate was pilot in command of an aircraft accident involving N6497P a 1959 Piper commanche (PA-24-250). The…

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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