# Incident 20200505006699I: Piper PA-24, Stillwater, OK, May 5, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2020, 17:15 local time
- Place: Stillwater, OK
- Airport: Stillwater Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1614° N, 97.0859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STILLWATER RGNL (SWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1614&lon=-97.0859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7095P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7095P-2021-07-31) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 126 total, 72 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200505006699I

## Narrative

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

MAY 5, 2020 ABOUT 5:15 PM LOCAL, AFTER AN HOUR OF FLYING IN THE CUSHING AREA, THE PILOT DECIDED TO FLY TO STILLWATER FOR A FEW TOUCH AND GO'S. THE FIRST WENT AS PLANNED AND WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE PILOT WAS CLEARED BY TOWER FOR THE OPTION AND PROCEEDED IN THE PATTERN FOR ONE MORE TOUCH AND GOS BEFORE RETURNING TO CUSHING. AFTER ESTABLISHING PATTERN ALTITUDE IN THE DOWN WIND. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WENT THROUGH THE LANDING CHECKLIST AND TOWER ADVISED TRAFFIC 2 O'CLOCK AS A HELICOPTER CROSSING TO THE NORTHWEST, AND OTHER INBOUND TRAFFIC ON RIGHT BASE THAT HE WAS TO FOLLOW. THE PILOT REPLIED TRAFFIC IN SIGHT FOR EACH AND TOWER ISSUED CLEARANCE TO LAND FOLLOWING THE T-1 JET, AND ISSUED A WAKE TURBULENCE WARNING. PILOT REPLIED THAT I WAS CLEARED TO LAND AND ESTABLISHED A STABILIZED APPROACH FOLLOWING THE TRAFFIC. THE APPROACH TO LANDING WAS MADE WITH EXPECTATIONS TO TOUCH AND GO, HOWEVER THE FLIGHT ENDED WITH A LANDING WITH GEAR UP OR COLLAPSE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS EXITED THE PLANE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. NO INJURIES TO THE 3 SOULS ON BOARD, THE PILOT HIS SON AND SONS FRIEND. AIRPORT PERSONNEL RESPONDED NOTE: THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH WAS VERIFIED FOR THE INSPECTOR UPON ARRIVAL TO THE BY THE AIRFIELD MANAGER. LANDING GEAR SWITCH WAS DOWN AND THE LANDING GEAR SOLENOID BREAKER WAS POPPED ALTHOUGH THE LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY HANGING OPEN BUT DID NOT SHOW ANY CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.  INSPECTOR WAS PRESENT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. BREAKER WAS RESET BY MECHANIC AND LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AS DESIGNED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- NONE: no report for this aircraft in the release

## Other reports on N7095P (2)

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

- [Incident 19890826054799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890826054799I), Aug 26, 1989: Piper PA24 (N7095P), Fort Drum, NY. Engine lost power at altitude. Forced landing at ft Drum. NR3 cylinder exhaust valve had come apart at end of stem.
- [Incident 19800818067459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800818067459I), Aug 18, 1980: Piper PA24 (N7095P), Tiffin, OH. Propeller RPM slowly increasing in cruise, flight terminated. Found cracked propeller governor oil line tube.

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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