# Incident 20090822048589I: Piper PA-24-250, Tuscaloosa, AL, August 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2009, 17:42 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7223P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7223P-2018-06-26) (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 PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 438 total, 438 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090822048589I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 22, 2009 A PIPER PA-24-250 AIRCRAFT N7223P, IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA.  DEPARTED TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL AIRPORT TO PERFORM A 20 MINUTE CHECK FLIGHT FOR NEWLY INSTALLED RADIOS IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, WHICH RESULTED IN A GEAR UP EMERGENCY LANDING.

## Other reports on N7223P (1)

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

- [Incident 20130812016379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130812016379I), Aug 12, 2013: Piper PA-24-250 (N7223P), Columbia, SC, Minor damage. 8-12-13: Pilot departed 4A9 and was enroute to kcub. About 40 miles out he noticed that the circuit breaker was popped for the landing gear. Pilot arrived at…

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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