# Incident 20160616004819I: Piper PA-24-250, East Troy, WI, June 16, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2016, 13:15 local time
- Place: East Troy, WI
- Airport: East Troy Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7972° N, 88.3726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAST TROY MUNI (57C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7972&lon=-88.3726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7956P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7956P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,725 total, 50 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160616004819I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 16, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:15 CDT A PIPER PA-24-250, N7956P, LANDED GEAR-UP AT 57C AIRPORT ON TURF RUNWAY 36.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE COMMERCIAL PILOT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT 57C WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.

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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