# Incident 20120825019959I: Piper PA-24-250, Lake City, FL, August 25, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2012, 12:00 local time
- Place: Lake City, FL
- Airport: Cannon Creek Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1886° N, 82.6422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1886&lon=-82.6422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7741P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 550 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120825019959I

## Narrative

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

08/25/2012:PILOT DEPARTED CANNON CREEK AIRPORT (15FL) AND FLEW TO LIVEOAK AIRPORT (24J).AFTER FUELING THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LIVE OAK TO RETURN TO CANNON CREEK, WHILE ENROUTE THE PILOT PREMATURELY EXTENDED HIS LANDING GEAR & REALIZING IT WAS TOO EARLY HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR.THE PILOT WAS ON THE APPROACH AND FAILED TO EXTEND HIS LANDING GEAR, ONLY TO DISCOVER HIS ERROR WHEN HE SAW GRASS & DIRT FLYING BY AS HE TOUCHED DOWN ON AN UNPAVED GRASS RUNWAY (9) AT CANNON CREEK AIRPORT.

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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