# Incident 20181031021289I: Piper PA-28R-201, Saluda, SC, October 31, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2018, 19:15 local time
- Place: Saluda, SC
- Airport: Saluda
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9268° N, 81.7946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALUDA COUNTY (6J4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9268&lon=-81.7946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30905, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30905-2019-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181031021289I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDING ON RUNWAY 19 AT SALUDA AIRPORT(6J4), SC.  LANDED WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.  ACCORDING TO THE PIC, LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.   THERE WAS ONLY MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE, WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N30905 (1)

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

- [Incident 19900801041779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900801041779I), Aug 1, 1990: Piper PA28R201 (N30905), Charlotte, NC, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to put the landing gear down and landed gear up.

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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