# Incident 20130721013569I: Piper PA-24-250, Mesquite, TX, July 21, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2013, 14:54 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Mesquite
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7668° N, 96.5992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesquite, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7668&lon=-96.5992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6460P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6460P) (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: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130721013569I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING TRAFFIC PATTERN WORK AND UPON LANDING NOTED HE FAILED TO CONFIRM LANDING GEAR POSITION RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING.  AIRCRAFT SKIDED TO A STOP DAMGING PROP AND AIRCRAFT LOWER FUSELAGE.  THIS AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR SWITCH IS A THREE POSITION SWITCH, UP-OFF-DOWN.  PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT TAKE HIS HAND OFF THE THROTTLE LIKE HE NORMALLY WOULD TO ENGAGE THE LANDING GEAR.  HE  FLIPED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH WITH HIS RIGHT THUMB RESULTING IN THE SWITCH GOING FROM THE UP POSITION TO THE OFF POSITION, NOT THE DOWN POSITION.  HE ALSO NOTED THAT HE NEVER LOOKED AT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN INDICATOR CONFIRMING THE LANDING GEAR POSITION.

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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