# Incident 20100316030079I: Piper PA-24, Bellaire, MI, March 16, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2010, 20:00 local time
- Place: Bellaire, MI
- Airport: Antrim County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9886° N, 85.1983° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANTRIM COUNTY (ACB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9886&lon=-85.1983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5208P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5208P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,468 total, 250 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100316030079I

## Narrative

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

PILOT RETURNING TO ACB FROM N98 AFTER GETTING FUEL, STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED WITH A SLIGHT ENGINE VIBRATION AND FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN.

## Other reports on N5208P (1)

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

- [Incident 19910725047729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910725047729I), Jul 25, 1991: Piper PA24 (N5208P), Olympia, WA. Pilot was distracted due to gear problem and got off course on final. Landed safely.

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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