# Incident 20210511008489I: Piper PA-24-250, Lodi, CA, May 11, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2021, 18:15 local time
- Place: Lodi, CA
- Airport: Lodi
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2024° N, 121.2691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LODI (1O3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2024&lon=-121.2691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7018P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7018P-2023-01-14) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 250 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210511008489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE CHANGED HIS NORMAL 45* PATTERN ENTRY TO A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 26. HE REPORTS  COMING IN FAST AND THAT HE DID NOT COMPLETE HIS PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST TO ENSURE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  A NORMAL POWER OFF LANDING FLAIR WAS PERFORMED. HE DID REMEMBER HEARING A WARNING HORN BUT MISTOOK IT AS A STALL WARNING. ON TOUCH DOWN  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON ITS BELLY DOWN THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE FOR 40 TO 60 FEET AND CAME TO A STOP.

THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS ISOLATED TO THE FOLLOWING:  SEVERE SCRAPPING OF BOTTOM CENTERLINE OF FUSELAGE AND THE INBOARD EDGES OF FLAPS WERE BENT.

PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED WITH BOTH TIPS BEING CURLED OVER BY SLOW SPEED CONTACT WITH RUNWAY ON TOUCH DOWN.

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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