# Incident 20130615009409I: Piper PA-28R-200, Danbury, CT, June 15, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2013, 10:00 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5545B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5545B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,380 total, 750 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130615009409I

## Narrative

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

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 THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND IT WAS VERIFIED THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN WORKED PROPERLY.

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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