# Incident 20060901022359I: Piper PA24180, Seneca Falls, NY, September 1, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2006, 12:37 local time
- Place: Seneca Falls, NY
- Airport: Seneca Falls Airport Inc Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9116° N, 76.7971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seneca Falls, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9116&lon=-76.7971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5666P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5666P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060901022359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2006, A PIPER COMANCHE, N5666P, LANDED GEAR UP AT THE FINGER LAKES REGIONAL AIRPORT (0G7). THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN FOR A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT AND THE PILOTS HAD SPENT THE PREVIOUS HOUR DOING AIRWORK WHICH CAUSED A WARNING HORN TO SOUND DURING A MANEUVER, THUS "CONDITIONING" THEM TO IGNORE THE HORN. ENGINE OUT PRACTICE LANDING RESULTED IN A GEAR UP LANDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N5666P (1)

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

- [Incident 19890714022469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890714022469I), Jul 14, 1989: Piper PA24 (N5666P), El Paso, TX, Minor damage. Unable to get gear down light. Visually still up. Landed gear up. No malfunction found. Used manual extension.

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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