# Incident 20070915023289I: Piper PA24250, Bishop, CA, September 15, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2007, 17:00 local time
- Place: Bishop, CA
- Airport: Eastern Sierra Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3731° N, 118.3640° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Eastern Sierra Regional Airport (BIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3731&lon=-118.3640&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6015P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6015P) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070915023289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN INTERVIEW CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2007, THE PILOT STATED HE HAD JUST WASHED THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN HAD PERFORMED TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. THE FIRST TOUCH AND GO WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE PILOT STATED DURING THE SECOND TOUCH AND GO THAT HE PURPOSELY LEFT THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION SO HE WOULD NOT HAVE TO SLOW UP ON APPROACH. HE OBSERVED A GREEN LIGHT INDICATING THE GEAR WAS DOWN. ON THE ATTEMPTED LANDING IN GUSTY CONDITIONS, THE PLANE BOUNCED AND ON THE SUBSEQUENT GROUND CONTACT, THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATED THE THREE BLADED PROPELLER HAD ROTATIONAL DAMAGE WITH ONE BLADE BEING DISLODGED AT THE ROOT. THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE FUSELAGE EXHIBITED LONGITUDINAL SCRAPES CONSISTENT WITH A GEAR UP LANDING.

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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