20170105000669I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Bay City, TX · January 5, 2017

Date
January 5, 2017 · 12:30 local
Place
Bay City, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7827P
Reported as
Piper PA-24-250
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total50 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft N7827P touched down on centerline without landing gear extended and skidded off the runway with damage to undercarriage and propeller. Aircraft was lifted with airbags and gear came down properly. Aircraft was then towed to owners hanger.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT N7827P TOUCHED DOWN ON CENTERLINE WITHOUT LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY WITH DAMAGE TO UNDERCARRIAGE AND PROPELLER. AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED WITH AIRBAGS AND GEAR CAME DOWN PROPERLY. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO OWNERS HANGER.