# Incident 20090327005609I: Piper PA24250, Chicago/Rockfo, IL, March 27, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2009, 17:30 local time
- Place: Chicago/Rockfo, IL
- Airport: Chicago/Rockford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7429P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7429P) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 255 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090327005609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS EXECUTING TOUCH AND GOES FOR THE PURPOSE OF STAYING CURRENT.  RUNWAY 1 WAS CLOSED AT 1630 LOCAL.  PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 7 AND COMPLETED TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 7.  THEN TOWER SWITCHED RUNWAYS TO RUNWAY 1 WHICH FAVORED THE WIND.  PILOT CONTINUED TO MAKE RIGHT TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 7, BUT REALIZED THAT HE WAS CLEARED FOR THE OPTION ON RUNWAY 1 AND MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN TO RUNWAY 1.  PILOT STATED THAT HE NOW MADE A STEEP APPROACH TO SHORT FILED LANDING.  NORMALLY, HE WOULD CHECK LANDING GEAR OPERATION BY FEELING THE MANUAL EXTENSION LEVER, BUT DID NOT PERFORM THAT CHECK.  HE USUALLY DOES A GUMP CHECK ON FINAL APPROACH AND LOOKS FOR THE GREEN LIGHT, BUT DID NOT DO SO THIS TIME.  AIRSPEED SEEMED NORAL AND PILOT EXPECTED A GOOD LANDING, BUT THEN HEARD THE PROPELLE SCRAPE THE RUNWAY WHILE FLARING.  PILOT NOTED THAT TOWER INSTRUCTED HIM TO MAKE A LEFT TRAFFIC ON FINAL APPROACH.

## Other reports on N7429P (1)

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

- [Accident 19780424013119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780424013119A), Apr 24, 1978: Piper PA24400 (N7429P), Greenwood, IN, Substantial damage. R & l main and l aux fuel tanks full,r aux empty. Fuel pump not tu on aftr switching tanks.

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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