# Incident 20210818013809I: Piper PA-24-250, Kalispell, MT, August 18, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2021, 09:45 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Airport: Kalispell City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1786° N, 114.3037° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KALISPELL CITY (S27), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1786&lon=-114.3037&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8236P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8236P) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,832 total, 30 in this make and model, 199 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210818013809I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 18, 2021 AT 0945 MST, A PIPER PA-24-250, N8236P, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED AT KALISPELL CITY AIRPORT (S27). WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGED, THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM RONAN AIRPORT (7S0) AT 0800.

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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