# Incident 20191208017319I: Piper PA-24-250, Fulton, MO, December 8, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2019, 21:30 local time
- Place: Fulton, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8551° N, 91.9508° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fulton, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8551&lon=-91.9508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5695P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5695P-2021-04-05) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,198 total, 638 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191208017319I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PREPARING TO FLY AROUND PATTERN AT KFTT USING RWY 18. AS THE PILOT WAS PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF, ANOTHER AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RWY 18. THE SECOND AIRCRAFT LANDED 3/4 DOWN THE RUNWAY AND ADVISED HE WOULD HOLD IN RUN-UP AREA AND REMAIN CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED HIS RADIO SQUELCH SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND WASN'T SURE OF THE SECOND AIRCRAFT'S LOCATION AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE UNSQUELCHED RADIO NOISE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL DISTRACTIONS AND WHILE MAKING SECOND CIRCUIT AROUND THE PATTERN PILOT WAS STILL UNSURE OF THE OTHER AIRCRAFT'S LOCATION OR IF THE SECOND AIRCRAFT HAD COMPLETED IT'S TAXI BACK TO THE RAMP. WITH THE ADDITIONAL DISTRACTION OF THE SETTING SUN AS WELL AS NOT KNOWING WHERE THE SECOND AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE TAXI-WAY, THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE GEAR HORN OVER THE RADIO NOISE WHEN THE THROTTLE'S WERE REDUCED FOR TOUCHDOWN RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING.

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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