# Incident 20181201017859I: Piper PA-32RT-300, Brandywine, PA, December 1, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2018, 12:14 local time
- Place: Brandywine, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0112° N, 76.7702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brandywine, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0112&lon=-76.7702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300WE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N300WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (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-32RT-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,569 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181201017859I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM AN IFR FLIGHT. IFR WAS CANCELLED  BY PILOT WHEN ENTERING VFR CONDITIONS AND CONTINUED APPROACH. PILOT FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR FOR LANDING AND LANDED GEAR UP AT BRANDYWINE AIRPORT, PA (OQN).

FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD INCLUDING PILOT;  NO INJURIES REPORTED.

MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N300WE (1)

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

- [Accident 20041229035019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041229035019A), Dec 29, 2004: Piper PA32RT300 (N300WE), Johnstown, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) On 12/29/2004, a Piper PA-32RT-300, N300WE piloted by [privacy data omitted] made a hard landing at Fulton County Airport, NY resulting in damage to the…

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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