# Incident 20121003022569I: Piper PA-24-250, Payola, KS, October 3, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2012, 12:00 local time
- Place: Payola, KS
- Airport: Miami County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5406° N, 94.9202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI COUNTY (K81), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5406&lon=-94.9202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7920P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7920P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 257 total, 170 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/20121003022569I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ON A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 3 AT MIAMI COUNTY AIRPORT, (K81) IN PAOLA, KS, IN N7920P, PA-24-250 COMMANCHE AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.  AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, IMPACTED A RUNWAY LIGHT AND CAME TO REST PARTIALLY IN THE GRASS OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION AND EVIDENCE INDICATES THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WAS OPERATING NORMALLY.THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N7920P (1)

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

- [Incident 20020608027929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020608027929I), Jun 8, 2002: Piper PA24250 (N7920P), St Charles, MO, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was on a personal cross-country flight in VMC conditions. Upon arriving at kset, pilot landed on runway 18 and slid to a stop without landing gear…

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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