# Accident 20100426033409A: Piper PA-32R-300, Jamestown, ND, April 26, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2010, 17:00 local time
- Place: Jamestown, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9297° N, 98.6781° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9297&lon=-98.6781&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5868V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5868V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (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-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,005 total, 101 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100426033409A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE FAILED TO EXTEND THE UNDERCARRIAGE PRIOR TO LANDING.

## 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 CEN10CA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA228), Apr 26, 2010: Piper PA-32R-300 (N5868V), Jamestown, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear, resulting in a gear-up landing.

## Other reports on N5868V (2)

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

- [Incident 20171126022049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171126022049I), Nov 26, 2017: Piper PA-32R-300 (N5868V), Fargo, ND, Minor damage. On November 26, 2017 at approximately 1400 CDT, the Piper PA-32R-300 was involved in an incident involving the failure of the upper engine cowling during a…
- [Incident 19930227008529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930227008529I), Feb 27, 1993: Piper PA32R300 (N5868V), Sidney, NE, Minor damage. Pilot lost control of aircraft on takeoff roll. Ran off side of runway into the snow.

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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