# Incident 20180429007179I: Piper PA-24-250, Sacramento, CA, April 29, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2018, 13:50 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Mather Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6261P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6261P) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180429007179I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 29, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1350 HOURS (PDT), N6261P, A PIPER PA-24-250, WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT  SACRAMENTO MATHER AIRPORT (KMHR). THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14CFR 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

THE PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE AND THE CFI WERE CONDUCTING A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW IN THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT THAT THE OWNER HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED AND THAT DURING LANDING HE HAD FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT SKIN WAS MINOR AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTORS FOUND BOTH PILOTS TO BE FORTHCOMING AND COOPERATIVE. BOTH PILOTS EXHIBITED A CONSTRUCTIVE AND COMPLIANT ATTITUDE. A SEARCH OF FAA DATABASES DID NOT REVEAL PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS, ACCIDENTS, OR INCIDENTS ASSOCIATED WITH EITHER THE CFI OR THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PIC AND PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VERBALLY COUNSELED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CP AS TO STRICT USE OF CHECK LIST FOR CRITICAL ITEMS.

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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