# Incident 20120523011429I: Piper PA-24, St. Petersburg, FL, May 23, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2012, 17:27 local time
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6575P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6575P) (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-360-A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 599 total, 323 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120523011429I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR STRAIGHT IN APPROACH FROM KSPG TO KPIE.  HE GOT DISTRSACTED SEARCHING FOR AN AIRCRAFT THAT HE WAS TOLD TO FOLLOW AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR BECAUSE HE WAS OUT OF HIS NORMAL PATTERN SEQUENCE.

## Other reports on N6575P (2)

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

- [Incident 20080427838609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080427838609I), Apr 27, 2008: Piper PA24 (N6575P), Zephyrhills, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot reported that the airplane began "pulling hard left" during landing rollout on runway 18 before any brake application. He then applied rudder…
- [Incident 20070820018349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070820018349I), Aug 20, 2007: Piper PA24 (N6575P), St Petersburg-, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On 20 August, 2007, at 1000 EDT, a Piper PA-24, serial number 24-1697, N6575P, registered to the pilot [privacy data omitted] and [privacy data omitted]…

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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