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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28RT-201T · Westerly, RI · February 27, 2012

Date
February 27, 2012 · 09:55 local
Place
Westerly, RI
Airport
Westerley
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N52KC
Reported as
Piper PA-28RT-201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
946 total115 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot landed with gear retracted on rwy 25 at kwst approx at midpoint of 4000 foot runway. The aircraft skidded on bottom of fuselage stopping 175 feet from point of contact. Each prop blade tip is curled backward indicating power was applied. Pilot had stated : "during my second landing I neglected to extend the landing gear resulting in a gear up landing."

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED WITH GEAR RETRACTED ON RWY 25 AT KWST APPROX AT MIDPOINT OF 4000 FOOT RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE STOPPING 175 FEET FROM POINT OF CONTACT. EACH PROP BLADE TIP IS CURLED BACKWARD INDICATING POWER WAS APPLIED. PILOT HAD STATED : "DURING MY SECOND LANDING I NEGLECTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING."