# Incident 20220716012529I: Piper PA-24-260, Lancaster, SC, July 16, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2022, 21:20 local time
- Place: Lancaster, SC
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7240° N, 80.7793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7240&lon=-80.7793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9019P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9019P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-D4A5 (registry code 41798, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-d4a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-D4A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 27,250 total, 155 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220716012529I

## Narrative

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

ON 7/16/2022 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING NIGHT TIME TOUCH AND GOES ON RUNWAY 24 AT LKR LANCASTER AIRPORT, SC. ON THE LAST LANDING, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INITIATED A SHORT APPROACH IN WHICH HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. HE TOUCHED DOWN, SLID TO A STOP, AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE MINIMAL SRAPING ON THE BELLY, DAMAGE TO THE FLAPS AND PROP STRIKE. PILOT STATED DURING COUNSELLING THAT CAUSAL FACTORS WERE HIM ADDING COMPLEXITY TO HIS TRAINING FLIGHT WITHOUT PREPARRING FOR IT, AND TO FAIL TO CONDUCT A PRE LANDING "GUMP" CHECK. ALSO OF NOTE BY THE PILOT, THE GEAR HORN ON THIS AIRCRAFT WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO HEAR, AS HE SAYS IT SOUNDS LIKE WIND NOISE.

## Other reports on N9019P (2)

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

- [Incident 19870509022119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870509022119I), May 9, 1987: Piper PA24260 (N9019P), Baton Rouge, LA, Minor damage. The aircraft landed with the wheels retracted.
- [Incident 19811103084029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811103084029I), Nov 3, 1981: Piper PA24260 (N9019P), Texico, NM, Minor damage. Pilot stated he forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up.

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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