# Incident 20171026020379I: Piper PA-24-250, Selma, AL, October 26, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2017, 16:18 local time
- Place: Selma, AL
- Airport: Craig Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3439° N, 86.9878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRAIG FLD (SEM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3439&lon=-86.9878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6640P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6640P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 982 total, 50 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171026020379I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 26, 2017 THE PILOT OF N6640P WAS CONDUCTING A LOCAL AREA FLIGHT WHICH INCLUDED MULTIPLE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN SELMA, ALABAMA (KSEM). WHILE CONDUCTING THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO LANDING THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HEARD AND FELT WHAT HE THOUGHT TO BE THE TAIL CONE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTING THE GROUND. THE PILOT RESPONDED TO THE CONDITION BY ADDING POWER AND EXECUTING A GO-AROUND. WHILE ON THE GO-AROUND THE PILOT STATED THAT HE CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR AND VERIFIED THE GEAR INDICATED TO BE IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE FINAL LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND THE PILOT TAXIED CLEAR OF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. UPON REACHING AIRCRAFT PARKING THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND NOTICED THAT THE PROPELLER HAD CONTACTED THE GROUND AND BENT THE TIPS OF EACH BLADE. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THAT THE FUSELAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT COME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.

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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