# Incident 20110122000589I: Piper PA-24-260, Lubbock, TX, January 22, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2011, 13:15 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9297P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9297P) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 997 total, 36 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110122000589I

## Narrative

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

ON 01-22-2011, AT 13:15CST,  THE PILOT OF N9297P, A PA-24-260, SERIAL NUMBER 24-4796 INFORMED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL HE WAS GOING AROUND AFTER BEING CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17R AT PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS.  THERE WAS NO MENTION OF ANY DIFFICULTY FROM THE PILOT.  THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 17R, AND TAXIED TO PARKING.THE PILOT LATER CONTACTED THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD AND INFORMED AN INVESTIGATOR HE HAD DAMAGED HIS AIRCRAFT DURING THE FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT WHEN HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND DID NOT FOLLOW HIS CHECKLIST.  THE PROPELLER AND BELLY SCRAPED THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT BEGAN A GO-AROUND.  HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR NORMALLY AND LANDED ON THE SECOND APPROACH AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP.FAA PERSONNEL WERE NOTIFIED ON 01-24-2011 AND DISCOVERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT LOWER FUSELAGE AND THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED ON ALL THREE BLADES.  THERE WAS ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE TAIL SKID AND COMMUNICATION ANTENNAE LOCATED ON THE LOWER AFT FUSELAGE.THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED BY ATC ON 01-22-2011 AT 1153CST.  THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST 220 DEGREES AT 24 KNOTS GUSTING TO 34.  THE VISIBILITY WAS 5 STATUTE MILES IN BLOWING DUST.  THE CLOUDS WERE MEASURED AT 13,000 FEET MSL SCATTERED AND A CEILING OF 20,000 FEET BROKEN.  THE TEMPERATURE WAS 13 DEGREES CELSIUS AND A DEW POINT OF 11 DEGREES CELSIUS.  THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE WAS 29.83 INCHES OF MERCURY.

## Other reports on N9297P (2)

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

- [Incident 19971014035719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971014035719I), Oct 14, 1997: Piper PA24260 (N9297P), Atlantic City, NJ, Minor damage. Narrative: on November 14, 1997, at approximately 1145 hours, a Piper PA-24-260, N9297P piloted by Mr. William j. savory, a private pilot, experienced some…
- [Incident 19821008064809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821008064809I), Oct 8, 1982: Piper PA24250 (N9297P), New Cumberland, PA. Intermittent green gear down light. Verified gear down by tower. Landing normal. Broken wire on limit switch.

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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