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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · San Marcos, TX · September 30, 2020

Date: September 30, 2020 · 22:00 local
Place: San Marcos, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8344P
Reported as: Piper PA-24-250
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours: 302 total129 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N8344PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-3600 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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September 30, 2020 at 2200 CDT, aircraft bearing registration number N8344P, made contact with runway surface with landing gear not extended at hyi in San Marcos, TX. Visual meteorlogical conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The airman was not injured. FAA onsite investigation revealed minor damage to the underside of the fuselage and propeller. Airman admitted to making a gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 AT 2200 CDT, AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N8344P, MADE CONTACT WITH RUNWAY SURFACE WITH LANDING GEAR NOT EXTENDED AT HYI IN SAN MARCOS, TX. VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRMAN WAS NOT INJURED. FAA ONSITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND PROPELLER. AIRMAN ADMITTED TO MAKING A GEAR UP LANDING.

Other reports on N8344P · 1

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

Incident 20191130022539ILanding: Touchdown · Dallas, TXOn November 30, 2019 at approximately 1159 central daylight time, a Piper 24-250 airplane, N8344P landed at Dallas Executive Airport (rbd) with its gear up. The private pilot and his passenger were not injured during the incident. The airplane sustained minor…Nov 30, 2019 · Minor damage