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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Danbury, CT · June 15, 2013

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Date
June 15, 2013 · 10:00 local
Place
Danbury, CT
Airport
Danbury Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5545B
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,380 total750 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days
N5545BRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-7335236 · Built 1973Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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At approximately 10:00 EDT aircraft N5545B, a Piper PA-28R-200, s/n 28R-7335236, made a gear up landing on runway 26 at Danbury Municipal Airport (hfd). The pilot was the only person onboard and no injuries were reported.

The flight was conducted under 14 CFR part 91 and was enroute from waterbury-oxford airport (oxc). Weather was visual meteorological conditions, and was not a factor.

The pilot stated that once in the pattern he became preoccupied while looking for other traffic identified by ATC and forgot to put the gear down. When asked if he heard a gear warning horn, he stated he could not recall.

Inspection of the aircraft revealed all three propeller blades had struck the runway and were bent aft. The step aft of the right wing had broken off and the transponder antenna located on the belly of the aircraft had been ground down.

The aircraft was recovered and brought to a hangar and jacked up. The gear was retracted and it was verified that the gear warning horn worked properly.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 EDT AIRCRAFT N5545B, A PIPER PA-28R-200, S/N 28R-7335236, MADE A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AT DANBURY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (HFD). THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ONBOARD AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS ENROUTE FROM WATERBURY-OXFORD AIRPORT (OXC). WEATHER WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND WAS NOT A FACTOR.

THE PILOT STATED THAT ONCE IN THE PATTERN HE BECAME PREOCCUPIED WHILE LOOKING FOR OTHER TRAFFIC IDENTIFIED BY ATC AND FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. WHEN ASKED IF HE HEARD A GEAR WARNING HORN, HE STATED HE COULD NOT RECALL.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND WERE BENT AFT. THE STEP AFT OF THE RIGHT WING HAD BROKEN OFF AND THE TRANSPONDER ANTENNA LOCATED ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN GROUND DOWN.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND BROUGHT TO A HANGAR AND JACKED UP. THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND IT WAS VERIFIED THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN WORKED PROPERLY.