# Incident 20170726015329I: Piper PA-23-250, New Cumberland, PA, July 26, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2017, 02:00 local time
- Place: New Cumberland, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2288° N, 76.8783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Cumberland, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2288&lon=-76.8783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N208D-2023-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 2,301 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170726015329I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED KCDW ENROUTE TO KCXY WITH CLEAR WEATHER AND CALM WINDS. AFTER BEING HANDED OFF TO HARRISBURG APPROACH HE ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO DESCEND TO 5000 FEET TO CLEAR A CLOUD LAYER. WHEN THE PILOT HAD THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT HE ASKED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 26. HE THEN SWITCHED THE RADIOS TO TURN ON THE RUNWAY LIGHTS TO CXY. HE THEN SWITCHED THE INTERCOM BACK TO APPROACH FREQUENCY. AT 4 MILES OUT HE TRIED TO CONTACT APPROACH TO SWITCH TO THE COMMON TRAFFIC FREQUENCY WITH NO RESPONSE. THE PILOT STARTED TO CONFIGURE THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING AND THEN REALIZED HE HAD BUMPED A SWITCH FOR THE AUDIO TO THE HEADSET TO OFF. HE THEN FLIPPED THE SWITCH BACK ON AND REGAINED CONTACT WITH APPROACH. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT WAS ON SHORT FINAL. HE PLACED THE FLAPS TO THE LANDING POSITION AND CONTINUED TO LAND WITHOUT CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE GEAR UP POSITION RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPS AND THE LANDING GEAR DOORS.

## Other reports on N208D (1)

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

- [Incident 20120301002679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120301002679I), Mar 1, 2012: Piper PA-23-250 (N208D), Essex County Fa, NJ, Minor damage. On March 01, 2012 approximately at 23:25 EST. Aircraft N208D a Piper aztec PA-23-250 serial number 27-7554155, was landing on runway 4 at caldwell Essex County…

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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