# Incident 20180427004219I: Piper PA-60-602P, Pell City, AL, April 27, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2018, 15:55 local time
- Place: Pell City, AL
- Airport: St. Clair County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5588° N, 86.2491° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST CLAIR COUNTY (PLR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5588&lon=-86.2491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10FJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10FJ-2020-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-60-602P (registry code 7106015, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-60-602p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-60-602P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,434 total, 838 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180427004219I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 27, 2018 ABOUT 1600 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT OF N10FJ A PIPER PA-60, LANDED ON RUNWAY 2 WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION AT THE ST. CLAIR COUNTY AIRPORT (KPLR) PELL CITY, AL. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

THE PILOT WROTE IN A STATEMENT THAT HE DEPARTED ST CLAIR COUNTYAIRPORT (KPLR) ENROUTE TO SYLACAUGA AIRPORT (KSCD) TO DO SOME AVIONICS CHECKS, LANDED AND TOOK BACK OFF AGAIN. WHILE IN A HURRY TO GET BACK TO (KPLR) THAT HE DID NOT USE HIS CHECK LIST AND FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN.

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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