# Incident 20160426004139I: Piper PA-32R-301, Clewiston, FL, April 26, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2016, 19:14 local time
- Place: Clewiston, FL
- Airport: Airglades
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7352° N, 81.0511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AIRGLADES (2IS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7352&lon=-81.0511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92779, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92779) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160426004139I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 29, 2016 APPROXIMATELY 19:14 LOCAL TIME AIRCRAFT REGISTERED N92779 A PA-32R-301 SERIAL NUMBER 3246047 PERFORMED A LANDING WITH GEAR UP POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH ITS GEAR UP AT THE AIRGLADES AIRPORT (S21) LOCATED IN CLEWISTON FLORIDA ON RUNWAY 13. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  WHO OPERATED THE AIRCRAFT IN HIS  STATEMENT SAID THAT HE WAS PRACTICING EMERGENCY DESCENTS INTO AIRGLADES AIRPORT (S21) AT 1000 FT AGL ABEAM OF THE TRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 13, HE PULLED THE POWER BACK TO IDLE TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE OUT; JUST THEN HE TURNED RIGHT BASE TO JUDGE HEIGHT ABOVE RUNWAY AND IN APPROACH TO FINAL DESCENT HE FELT HE HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. HE THOUGHT HE HAD HIS LANDING GEARS DEPLOYED. HE HAD PERFORMED SEVERAL ATTEMPTS PREVIOUSLY WHICH WERE SUCCESSFULLY, AND THE LAST ATTEMPT FOR FINAL LANDING HE MISTAKENLY FORGOT TO LOWER HIS LANDING GEARS AND PERFORMED THE LANDING. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS ADMITTED TO HIS MISTAKE AND ACCEPTS FULL RESPONSIBILITY.

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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