# Incident 20090920021159I: Piper PA24250, Houston, TX, September 20, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2009, 16:33 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Ellington Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6073° N, 95.1587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (EFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6073&lon=-95.1587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6561P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6561P) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,028 total, 250 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090920021159I

## Narrative

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

JUST PRIOR TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 17R, PILOT HEARD METAL DRAGGING ON PAVEMENT.  PILOT RAISED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ADDED POWER.  A GO AROUND WAS INITIATED AND THE PILOT THEN FLEW BY THE CONTROL TOWER TO SEE IF THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED.  TOWER STATED IT APPEARED TO BE ONLY PARTIALLY DOWN.  PILOT REQUESTED TO LEAVE THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR NORMALLY AND WITH THE EMERGENCY LEVER.  THIS EFFORT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN THE GRASS BESIDE RUNWAY 17L WITH THE LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY DOWN.  AIRCRAFT PROPELLER TIPS WERE CURVED DUE TO STRIKING THE RUNWAY DURING THE REJECTED LANDING AND THE ENGINE EXHAUST AND LOWER ENGINE COWLING WERE FLATTENED DURING THE GEAR PARTIALLY DOWN LANDING.  THE GEAR RETRACTED BACK INTO THE WHEEL WELL ON TOUCHDOWN.  PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N6561P (2)

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

- [Accident 19970323046039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970323046039A), Mar 23, 1997: Piper PA24250 (N6561P), Bowling Green, OH, No damage. (-23) On 3/23/97, pilot rosemary f. logiudice, attempted an off airport emergency just southj of Bowling Green airport (IG0), during a part 91, IFR, pleasure…
- [Accident 19770901025229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770901025229A), Sep 1, 1977: Piper PA24250 (N6561P), Panther Junctn, TX, Substantial damage

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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