# Incident 20090509006529I: Piper PA23, Lubbock, TX, May 9, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2009, 11:10 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Town & Country Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4856° N, 101.8130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Town & Country Airpark (F82), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4856&lon=-101.8130&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3165P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3165P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 280 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090509006529I

## Narrative

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

N3165P, A PIPER APACHE PA-23, TOOK OFF FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY AIRPORT IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 CDT AND RETURNED DUE OT WEATHER ENROUTE.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1111 CDT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP.  THE PILOT SAID HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR ON LANDING.  DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND FLAPS.  THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.

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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