# Incident 20181116022589I: Piper PA-24-250, Fort Smith, AR, November 16, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2018, 16:23 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5128P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5128P) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 690 total, 234 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181116022589I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/16/2018 AT FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT (FSM) AT APPROXIMATELY 1623 HOUR A PIPER PA-24-250, SERIAL NUMBER 24-141 REGISTERED AS N5128P WAS ATTEMPTING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING. INTERVIEWED PILOT ON 11/20/2018 AT FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT (FSM) AND PILOT STATED THAT HE FORGET TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.  INSPECTED N5128P, AND FOUND MINOR DAMAGE TO BELLY.

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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