# Incident 20190901017909I: Piper PA-24-250, Fort Morgan, CO, September 1, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2019, 12:30 local time
- Place: Fort Morgan, CO
- Airport: Fort Morgan Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3354° N, 103.8042° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT MORGAN MUNI (FMM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3354&lon=-103.8042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8298P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8298P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 45 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190901017909I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19820713065859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820713065859I), Jul 13, 1982: Piper PA24250 (N8298P), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Retracted landing gear after becoming airborne. Aircraft settled, propeller struck runway. Pilot aborted takeoff.
- [Accident 19730319006589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730319006589A), Mar 19, 1973: Piper PA24250 (N8298P), Wadsworth, OH, Substantial damage. Inst flt instr.r brake linings P/N752308 worn pist mvd o ring expsd fluid lkd.l wheel hit snw rdg.

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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