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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Fort Morgan, CO · September 1, 2019

Date
September 1, 2019 · 12:30 local
Place
Fort Morgan, CO
Airport
Fort Morgan Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8298P
Reported as
Piper PA-24-250
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
141 total45 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The holder of a private pilot certificate and owner of the incident aircraft was out performing solo practice on September 1, 2019. He initiated the sequence of flights at approximately 11:30 am mountain standard time, departing platte valley airport (18V) with a destination of greeley Colorado airport (gxy). He performed two touch and goes at gxy runway 17 and departed the area for Fort Morgan Colorado airport (fmm). The flight to fmm was direct with a 45 degree left downwind for runway 32. He stated that he went through the gump check, thought that he had lowered the landing gear. Acknowledged to the plane that had just landed on his base to final that he had him in sight, after he declared he was clear of 32 and was going to back taxi on the grass strip next to runway 32. He put in full flaps on final and stayed focused on his sight picture for landing. The pilot stated that he did not remember checking for the green light indicating gear down. He landed with gear up on fmm runway 32 at approximately 12:30 pm mountain standard time.

As the FAA filed it

THE HOLDER OF A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE AND OWNER OF THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS OUT PERFORMING SOLO PRACTICE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2019. HE INITIATED THE SEQUENCE OF FLIGHTS AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, DEPARTING PLATTE VALLEY AIRPORT (18V) WITH A DESTINATION OF GREELEY COLORADO AIRPORT (GXY). HE PERFORMED TWO TOUCH AND GOES AT GXY RUNWAY 17 AND DEPARTED THE AREA FOR FORT MORGAN COLORADO AIRPORT (FMM). THE FLIGHT TO FMM WAS DIRECT WITH A 45 DEGREE LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 32. HE STATED THAT HE WENT THROUGH THE GUMP CHECK, THOUGHT THAT HE HAD LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. ACKNOWLEDGED TO THE PLANE THAT HAD JUST LANDED ON HIS BASE TO FINAL THAT HE HAD HIM IN SIGHT, AFTER HE DECLARED HE WAS CLEAR OF 32 AND WAS GOING TO BACK TAXI ON THE GRASS STRIP NEXT TO RUNWAY 32. HE PUT IN FULL FLAPS ON FINAL AND STAYED FOCUSED ON HIS SIGHT PICTURE FOR LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT REMEMBER CHECKING FOR THE GREEN LIGHT INDICATING GEAR DOWN. HE LANDED WITH GEAR UP ON FMM RUNWAY 32 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME.

Other reports on N8298P · 2

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