# Incident 20190406002559I: Piper PA-28R-180, New Lexington, OH, April 6, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2019, 17:23 local time
- Place: New Lexington, OH
- Airport: Perry County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6916° N, 82.1978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Perry County Airport (I86), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6916&lon=-82.1978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N292RM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N292RM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 122 total, 50 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190406002559I

## Narrative

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

PIPER PA28R-180 (N282RM) DEPARTED WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE OHIO AIRPORT (I23) ENROUTE TO PERRY COUNTY AIRPORT (I86) IN NEW LEXINGTON OHIO ON SATURDAY APRIL 6, 2019.  PILOT REPORTS HE BECAME DISTRACTED BY BEING UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT.  THIS WAS HIS FIRST LANDING AT I86.  THE PILOT SAID THIS DISTRACTION OF SETTING UP THE APPROACH AND LANDING IN AN UNFAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT CAUSED THE MISMANAGEMENT OF THE RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR AND SUBSEQUENT GEAR UP LANDING.  NO INJURIES.  MINOR AIRFRAME DAMAGE.  SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE AND BENT PROPELLER.

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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