# Incident 20131010021019I: Piper PA-24-260, Hartzell, AL, October 10, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2013, 16:07 local time
- Place: Hartzell, AL
- Airport: Morgan County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9143P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9143P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 203 total, 23 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131010021019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED DURING AN APPROACH AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N9143P (1)

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

- [Incident 19810825070689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825070689I), Aug 25, 1981: Piper PA24260 (N9143P), Olney, TX, Minor damage. Pilot failed to extend landing gear landed wheels up. No malfunction of landing gear system.

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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