# Incident 20160919023099I: Piper PA-24, Reidsville, GA, September 19, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2016, 16:00 local time
- Place: Reidsville, GA
- Airport: Swinton Smith Fld At Reidsvill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0595° N, 82.1536° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SWINTON SMITH FLD AT REIDSVILLE MUNI (RVJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0595&lon=-82.1536&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5306P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5306P-2020-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 34 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160919023099I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2016, APPROXIMATELY 1600 LOCAL TIME, AT SWINTON SMITH FIELD AT REIDSVILLE, MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, IN REIDSVILLE, GEORIGA, A UNITED STATES ARMY PILOT WITH COMMERCIAL  AND INSTRUMENT RATING IN  ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER , WAS PRACTICING FOR HIS FIXED WING COMMERICAL TEST AND FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR ON HIS PIPER COMANCHE PA24-180. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 29, WEATHER AT TIME OF INCIDENT CLEAR.

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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