# Incident 20110223004549I: Piper PA-24, Great Bend, KS, February 23, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2011, 15:45 local time
- Place: Great Bend, KS
- Airport: Great Bend Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3443° N, 98.8592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT BEND MUNI (GBD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3443&lon=-98.8592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7707P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7707P) (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: 1,143 total, 486 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110223004549I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ON A DAY VFR FLIGHT FROM KIT CARSON COUNTY AIRPORT, BURLINGTON, CO (KITR), LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 AT GREAT BEND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GREAT BEND, KS (KGBD). HE STATED HE MOVED THE GEAR SELECTOR, BUT IT DID NOT GO ALL THE WAY TO THE "GEAR DOWN" DETENT, AND HE FAILED TO VERIFY THE GEAR AS DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING GEAR UP. HE DISCOVERED THE MISPLACED GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH AFTER COMING TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND HIS ONE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.

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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