# Incident 20190529005409I: Piper PA-24-250, West Palm Beach, FL, May 29, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2019, 14:00 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8044P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8044P-2019-09-09) (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: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 18,173 total, 71 in this make and model, 183 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190529005409I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN WAS OPERATING N8044P, AND INTENTED TO ONLY DUE ONE TRAFFIC PATTERN WITH THE GEAR DOWN BUT, THERE WAS TOO MUCH NOISE SO HE PUT THE GEAR UP AND FAILED TO LOWER THE GEAR AGAIN SINCE IT WASN?T IN HIS ORIGINAL PLAN TO PUT IT DOWN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

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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