# Accident 20100121026359A: Piper PA-24-260, Cherokee, IA, January 21, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2010, 14:40 local time
- Place: Cherokee, IA
- Airport: Cherokee Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7311° N, 95.5558° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7311&lon=-95.5558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8916P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8916P-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,433 total, 857 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100121026359A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AT CKP.  LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY BREAKING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR OFF AND FOLDING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR UNDER THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID ONTO THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED TO SLIDE SPINNING APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES COUNTER CLOCKWISE UNTIL IT CAME TO REST JUST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN10CA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA106), Jan 21, 2010: Piper PA-24-260 (N8916P), Cherokee, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot misjudged his altitude while on short final approach.

## Other reports on N8916P (2)

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

- [Accident 19790318010729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790318010729A), Mar 18, 1979: Piper PA24260 (N8916P), Pierre, SD, Substantial damage. Engine stopped on empty tank during ILS approach. Would not start on full tank. Water in fuel. Crashed short of rwy.
- [Accident 19770615017559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770615017559A), Jun 15, 1977: Piper PA24260 (N8916P), Philip, SD, Substantial damage. Intentional gear up landing made on return to apt.

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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