# Incident 20130309004899I: Piper PA-24-250, St Mary'S Count, MD, March 9, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2013, 18:30 local time
- Place: St Mary'S Count, MD
- Airport: St Mary'S County Regional Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3157° N, 76.5522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST MARY'S COUNTY RGNL (2W6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3157&lon=-76.5522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7608P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7608P-2013-09-04) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 242 total, 83 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130309004899I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 9, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 2330 UTC, A PIPER PA24, REGISTRATION NUMBER N7608P, LANDED AT ST MARY'S COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT WITHOUT LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED TO FAA INSPECTOR ROGER HUGHES THAT HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY WITH MINOR SKIN DAMAGE AND A BROKEN PROPELLER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. NTSB NOTIFIED BY MARYLAND STATE TROOPER AT 1845 LOCAL TIME. AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT WAS GIVEN BY TODD GUNTER, NTSB DUTY OFFICER.

## Other reports on N7608P (1)

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

- [Accident 19740323006219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740323006219A), Mar 23, 1974: Piper PA24250 (N7608P), Harrisonville, MD, Substantial damage

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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