# Incident 20090325002979I: Piper PA24180, Pueblo, CO, March 25, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2009, 19:30 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2899° N, 104.4980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUEBLO MEML (PUB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2899&lon=-104.4980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5173P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5173P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 148 total, 25 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/20090325002979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 25, 2009, PIPER-24, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, N5173P, LANDED WITH A GEAR UP INCIDENT AT THE PUEBLO, COLORADO AIRPORT.  PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 26L, DURING TAKEOFF PHASE, AT ABOUT 60 FEET AGL.  THE AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT AND PILOT ACTIVATED THE GEAR EXTENSION, AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND TOO QUICK.  AFTER IMPACT, AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TOWARDS RUNWAY 8L.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, AIRCRAFT HAD TWO PASSENGER ONBOARD.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WINGS, AIRCRAFT UNDER CARRIAGE, PROPELLER AND LANDING GEAR.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE FIREWALL OR THE WING SPARS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KPUB AND ENROUTE TO KATS.

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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