# Incident 20080624841279I: Piper PA32R300, Hazard, KY, June 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2008, 15:30 local time
- Place: Hazard, KY
- Airport: Wendell H Ford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3874° N, 83.2616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WENDELL H FORD (CPF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3874&lon=-83.2616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5669V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5669V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080624841279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N5669V A PA-32R-300 WA ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AT 11,000 FT IN THE VICINITY OF AZQ VOR WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE.  THE ARICRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 14 AT K20 IN HAZARD, KY.  PILOT WAS SOLE OCCUPANT ONBOARD AND HAD NO INJURY.  WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROACHING THE AIRPORT VERY LOW FROM THE NORTH AND DID NOT HAVE THE GEAR DOWN.  PILOT STATED HE LOST POWER AWHILE IN CRUISE AT 11,000 FT GOT VECTORS TO HAZARD AIRPORT (K20) PILOT ELECTED TO LEAVE THE GEAR UP IN ORDER TO EXTEND HIS GLIDE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY.

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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