# Incident 20200822013599I: Piper PA-24-250, Shelbyville, IL, August 22, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2020, 18:46 local time
- Place: Shelbyville, IL
- Airport: Shelby County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4113° N, 88.8455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (2H0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4113&lon=-88.8455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6384P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 9 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200822013599I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 22, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1840 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), AN PIPER PA-24-250 AIRCRAFT, N6384P, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT WITH A HIGH PERFORMANCE ENDORSEMENT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BELLIED IN AT THE SHELBYVILLE, IL AIRPORT.

THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE TAYLORVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KTAZ) AND WAS TO END AT THE SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT (2H0).

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS FLYING HIS AIRCRAFT TO SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT (2H0) TO STORE THE AIRCRAFT IN A HANGAR. ON HIS FINAL DESCENT, HE CROSSED MIDFIELD WEST TO EAST FOR LEFT DOWN FOR RUNWAY 18. HE THOUGHT HE HAD PULLED OUT AND DOWN ON GEAR LEVER AND HAD GEAR DEPLOYED AND THOUGHT HE HAD A LIGHT BUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN SUN SHINING ON THE LIGHT. DURING THE FLARE STAGE OF THE LANDING, A STALL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND A WARNING HORN SOUNDED AT SAME TIME, THINKING THAT THE WARNING HORN WAS A STALL WARNING, WHICH THE AIRCRAFT IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH. THE AIRCRAFT THE DESCENDED ONTO THE RUNWAY ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE AND THE PROPELLER HIT THE RUNWAY. HE FIRST THOUGHT HIS LANDING GEAR HAD FAILED AND THEN REALIZED THE LANDING GEAR HAD NEVER EXTENDED.  ALSO, STATED BY THE PILOT THAT A SECOND CHECK TO ENSURE THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED.

THE AWOS WEATHER REPORT AT TAYLORVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KTAZ) AT 1535 CDT WAS: WIND 00 DEGREES AT 00 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, CLEAR SKIES, TEMPERATURE 27 CELSIUS, DEW POINT 17 CELSIUS, AND ALTIMETER 2995.

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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