# Incident 20060802022499I: Piper PA60601P, Westminster, MD, August 2, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2006, 14:20 local time
- Place: Westminster, MD
- Airport: Carroll County Regl/Jack B Poage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6083° N, 77.0077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARROLL COUNTY RGNL/JACK B POAGE FLD (DMW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6083&lon=-77.0077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70WP-2012-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060802022499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , AS PIC OF AEROSTAR N70WP, LANDED AT CARROLL COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 16 WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON AUGUST 2, 2006, AT 1420 HRS LOCAL TIME. A DISCUSSION WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ REVEALED THAT HE WAS LANDING INTO SUN AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HELICOPTER TRAFFIC AT THE OTHER END OF RUNWAY 16.

## Other reports on N70WP (1)

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

- [Incident 20011004031659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011004031659I), Oct 4, 2001: Piper PA60601P (N70WP), Middletown, PA. (-23) After completion of biannual check ride, pilot dropped instructor off at butler county airport (btp) and upon returning to selinsgrove, PA (seg), pilot…

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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