# Incident 20120227002699I: Piper PA-28RT-201T, Westerly, RI, February 27, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2012, 09:55 local time
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Airport: Westerley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3733° N, 71.8068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westerly, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3733&lon=-71.8068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52KC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52KC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 946 total, 115 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120227002699I

## Narrative

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

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."

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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