# Incident 20110924020849I: Piper PA-28R-200, Stuart, FL, September 24, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2011, 12:52 local time
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Airport: Witham Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1817° N, 80.2213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITHAM FLD (SUA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1817&lon=-80.2213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55660, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55660) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,928 total, 450 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110924020849I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE BECAME DISTRACTED ON ENTERING THE SUA TFC PATTERN BY A NEW GPS RECEIVER HE RECENTLY HAD INSTALLED, AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING.  HAD AUTO-DEPLOY SYSTEM OVERRIDDEN BECAUSE OF SOME PREVIOUS STALL/SPIN ACCIDENTS ATTRIBUTED TO INADVERTENT ACTUATION OF THE GEAR AND SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION IN AIRSPEED.  ASKED IF HE HEARD THE GEAR HORN OR SAW THE FLASHING AMBER GEAR ADVISORY LIGHT, AND STATED HE HAD A NOISE-CANCELLING HEADSET ON, AND ONLY HEARD THE HORN WHILE IN THE FLARE JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.  DID NOT SEE THE WARNING LIGHT.  §61.56 CURRENT. PILOT FURTHER STATED HE HAD JUST MODIFIED HIS PATTERN PROCEDURES TO NOT DROP THE GEAR AT 120 KTS, BUT TO DELAY SO AS TO NOT PUT A HIGH AERODYNAMIC LOAD ON THE GEAR, PER HIS CFI.  GEAR SPEED IS 150 KTS.  INTEND TO COUNSEL CFI.  COUNSELED AIRMAN DURING THE INTERVIEW, NO FURTHER ACTION INTENDED.

## Other reports on N55660 (3)

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

- [Incident 20200813013849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200813013849I), Aug 13, 2020: Piper PA-28R-200 (N55660), Naples, FL, Minor damage. Naples, FL (apf): N55660, PA28, landed runway 14, gear collapsed. Pilot stated he had 3 green lights on approach. He then thought a tire had blown because…
- [Incident 19930213008349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930213008349I), Feb 13, 1993: Piper PA28R200 (N55660), Stuart, FL, Minor damage. Unsafe nose gear light. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Nose gear aligner guide bracket bent. Recent hard landing.
- [Incident 19910419019519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910419019519I), Apr 19, 1991: Piper PA28R200 (N55660), Stuart, FL, Minor damage. Nose landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Nose down lock had failed.

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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