# Incident 20191126023349I: Piper PA-24, Salisbury, MD, November 26, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2019, 16:15 local time
- Place: Salisbury, MD
- Airport: Salisbury
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3752° N, 75.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salisbury, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3752&lon=-75.5866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7447P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7447P-2026-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 207 total, 80 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191126023349I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2019 AT 16:15 A PILOT LANDED HIS PIPER PA-24 AIRPLANE ON RUNWAY 23 AT SALISBURY, MD (SBY) WITH HIS LANDING GEAR UP. THE PILOT SAID HE BECAME DISTRACTED ON DOWN WIND WHILE ATC WAS ISSUING INSTRUCTIONS TO A PIEDMONT FLIGHT THAT WAS WAITING TO DEPART ON THE CROSSING RUNWAY. HE SAID THAT NOT BEING ABLE TO REPORT ON THE DOWN WIND TOOK HIM OUT OF HIS USUAL SEQUENCE FOR LOWERING THE LANDING REAR. AFTER LANDING WITH THE WHEELS UP HE NOTICED THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION NOT THE DOWN POSITION.

## Other reports on N7447P (2)

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

- [Incident 20250311004339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250311004339I), Mar 11, 2025: Piper PA-24 (N7447P), Salisbury, MD, Minor damage. The pilot in command stated that he forgot to lower the landing gear during a landing at Salisbury airport (sby) on runway 32 on March 11, 2025, at…
- [Incident 20130207001319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130207001319I), Feb 7, 2013: Piper PA-24 (N7447P), Salisbury, MD, Minor damage. Aircraft landed on rwy 05 and during roll out, right landing gear slowly retracted. Inspection of aircraft by maintenance personnnel found the right push pull…

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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