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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301T · Houston, TX · October 16, 2009

Date
October 16, 2009 · 08:53 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Lone Star Executive
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N43161
Reported as
Piper PA32R301T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,069 total324 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 10/16/2009 at 0853 CDT, aircraft landed gear-up at kcxo airport on runway 1 causing minimal damage to underside of aircraft and flaps, all three prop blades were curled out, and engine will need sudden stoppage inspection. Pilot states that he forgot to put the gear down prior to landing.

As the FAA filed it

ON 10/16/2009 AT 0853 CDT, AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR-UP AT KCXO AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 1 CAUSING MINIMAL DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF AIRCRAFT AND FLAPS, ALL THREE PROP BLADES WERE CURLED OUT, AND ENGINE WILL NEED SUDDEN STOPPAGE INSPECTION. PILOT STATES THAT HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING.