# Incident 20150912014949I: Piper PA-24-250, Shelbyville, TN, September 12, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2015, 08:20 local time
- Place: Shelbyville, TN
- Airport: Bomar Field - Shelbyville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5594° N, 86.4425° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOMAR FLD/SHELBYVILLE MUNI (SYI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5594&lon=-86.4425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6172P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6172P-2018-03-15) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 280 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150912014949I

## Narrative

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

ON DOWNWIND, THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED, THEN RETRACTED DUE TO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT SITTING ON THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS PLANNING TO GO AROUND AND ENTER DOWNWIND AGAIN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY DEPARTED, ALLOWING HIM TO CONTINUE IN HIS LANDING, BUT HE FORGOT THAT HE HAD RETRACTED THE GEAR AND LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N6172P (2)

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

- [Accident 19810828052699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810828052699A), Aug 28, 1981: Piper PA24250 (N6172P), Jenks, OK, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel returning to base. Struck fence on forced landing.
- [Accident 19730826032329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730826032329A), Aug 26, 1973: Piper PA24250 (N6172P), Lake Wales, FL, Substantial damage. Acft lgts on gr warn lgt dimmed.

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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