# Incident 20180602006889I: Piper PA-32R-301, Philadelphia, PA, June 2, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2018, 10:15 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Northeast Philadelphia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0819° N, 75.0106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (PNE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0819&lon=-75.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9202Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9202Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (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-32R-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,585 total, 2,725 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180602006889I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING USE OF THE AUTOPILOT, ELECTRONIC PFD AND GPS ON A RNAV (GPS) RWY 6 APPROACH TO PNE.

THE AUTOPILOT DID NOT RESPOND AS ANTICIPATED, WHICH CAUSED A DISTRACTION. THE PILOT DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPILOT AND THE DISCONNECT CHIMING AND THE ALTITUDE CHIMING CAUSED ADDITIONAL DISTRACTION. IN SETTING UP FOR THE LANDING, THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT CHECK FOR THREE AND GREEN BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. THE PILOT STATED THE EVENT WAS NOT MECHANICAL, BUT PILOT ERROR.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 6, AND CAME TO REST AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAYS 6/24 AND 15/33.

## Other reports on N9202Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20240522011769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240522011769I), May 22, 2024: Piper PA-32R-301 (N9202Q), Myerstown, PA, Minor damage. While landing at Deck Airport, Myerstown, PA (9D4), airman failed to extend landing gear. Aircraft skidded down runway, and impacted 2 runway lights before…

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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