# Incident 20201031022059I: Piper PA-28RT-201, Concord, NC, October 31, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2020, 13:00 local time
- Place: Concord, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4088° N, 80.5795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Concord, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4088&lon=-80.5795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8326L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,983 total, 22 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201031022059I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONTACTS TOWER WITH INTENTIONS

PILOT WAS ADVISED HE WAS NUMBER 1 FOR THE FIELD AND MAKES A SHORTER BASE TURN WHILE PARALLEL WITH TRAFFIC IN THE OPPOSITE DOWNWIND.

ON BASE, PILOT SELECTS FLAPS 1 THEN FLAPS 2 IN THE DOWNWIND.

TURNING BASE TO FINAL, THE PILOT STATED HE PULLED THE GEAR HANDLE AND SELECTED FLAPS 3 PER HIS NORMAL SOP BEFORE HIS ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED DUE TO BEING HIGH ON THE GLIDE PATH.

PILOT NEVER CONDUCTS FINAL LANDING CHECKLIST OR GUMPS CHECK.

PILOT DID NOT CHECK GEAR LIGHTS

PILOT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS LANDING SIGHT PICTURE WITH HIS FOCUS ON THE DECK ANGLE AND NOT FLARING TOO HIGH.

PILOT FAILS TO NOTICE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND COULD NOT RECALL IF HE HEARD THE GEAR HORN

AIRCRAFT LANDS WHEELS UP CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT RUNWAY, AND INCUR DAMAGE TO FLAPS AND FUSELAGE. ENGINE SUBSEQUENTLY STOPS RUNNING AS AIRCRAFT IS SKIDDING DOWN THE RUNWAY.

PILOT RADIOS FOR ASSISTANCE AND SECURES AIRCRAFT.

AIRCRAFT IS REMOVED FROM ACTIVE RUNWAY.

SAS: EA68202101114

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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