# Accident 20080305857839A: Piper PA24260, West Palm Beach, FL, March 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2008, 11:51 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6831° N, 80.0956° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6831&lon=-80.0956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9126P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9126P-2023-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYCOMI IO540D4A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 132 total, 132 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080305857839A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON 27L.   PILOT REALIZED HE WAS ABOUT TO LAND ON 31 AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL UP BUT HIT RUNWAY WITH PROPELLER AND CAME TO REST ON 31 AFTER GEAR UP LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA08CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA077), Mar 5, 2008: Piper PA24-260 (N9126P), West Palm Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow the checklist resulting in a gear up landing.

## Other reports on N9126P (2)

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

- [Accident 20211013017049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211013017049A), Oct 13, 2021: Piper PA-24-260 (N9126P), Blairsville, GA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft N9126P, Piper PA-24-260 ser# 24-4605 traveling from Blairsville, GA (dzj) to sebring, FL (sef) crashed shortly after takeoff, north of dzj on the…
- [Incident 19850519035909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850519035909I), May 19, 1985: Piper PA24260 (N9126P), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Landed with excess speed and wheel barrowed. Pilot to have additional training.

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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