# Incident 20100215027409I: Piper PA-24-250, Crestview, FL, February 15, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2010, 15:35 local time
- Place: Crestview, FL
- Airport: Bob Sikes
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7788° N, 86.5221° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOB SIKES (CEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7788&lon=-86.5221&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7394P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7394P) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,522 total, 142 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100215027409I

## Narrative

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

IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE HAD PLANNED A SHORT FLIGHT IN THE LOCAL AREA AND WAS OPERATING WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR). AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THERE WERE TWO MILITARY HELICOPTERS AND A BEECH BARON IN THE PATTERN AND ASOS WAS REPORTING WINDS OF 280 AT 10 WITH GUSTS. THE CROSSWINDS AND POSSIBILITY OF WAKE TURBULENCE FROM THE HELICOPTERS PROMPTED HIM TO FLY THE APPROACH WITH LESS THAN FULL FLAPS AND AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL AIRSPEED. IN HIS STATEMENT, HE SAID HE COMPLETED THE LANDING CHECKLIST TWO MILES OUT AND REMEMBERS CONFIRMING THE GREEN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATOR LIGHT. HE ALSO STATED HE CHECKED THE LIGHT AGAIN ON SHORT FINAL. HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON ITS LEFT GEAR FIRST BUT WHEN HE WAS EXPECTING THE RIGHT TO TOUCHDOWN HE HEARD THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN. HE TRIED TO ADD POWER BUT THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND AND SLID TO A STOP, ON CENTERLINE, APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.

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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