# Incident 20071220831869I: Piper PA24250, Tampa, FL, December 20, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2007, 12:30 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Vandenberg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8369P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8369P) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 968 total, 458 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071220831869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 20, 2007 AT 1230 EDT, A PIPER PA-24-250, S/N 24-3627, N8369P REGISTERED TO FIVE ACES CORP, TAMPA, FL AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A GEAR UP LANDING AT VANDENBERG AIRPORT (VDF). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING FORCED LANDING EXERCISES AT TIME OF INCIDENT WHEN HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.

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