20061115028449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Norfolk, VA · November 15, 2006

Date
November 15, 2006 · 12:06 local
Place
Norfolk, VA
Airport
Norfolk International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6652P
Reported as
Piper PA24250
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,560 total1,226 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted, pilot in command was cleared for landing after he made a visual of the runway at approximately 3000 ft. the pilot privacy data omitted stated while he was descending at 1200FT/minute, he failed to put the gear in the down and locked position. Aircraft landed on runway 23 with the gear in the retracted position.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^, PILOT IN COMMAND WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING AFTER HE MADE A VISUAL OF THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 FT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ STATED WHILE HE WAS DESCENDING AT 1200FT/MINUTE, HE FAILED TO PUT THE GEAR IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 23 WITH THE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.