# Incident 20220801022699I: Piper PA-24-250, Lagrange, GA, August 1, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2022, 11:00 local time
- Place: Lagrange, GA
- Airport: Lagrange Callaway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0092° N, 85.0732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGRANGE/CALLAWAY (LGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0092&lon=-85.0732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7810P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7810P) (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: 3,892 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220801022699I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON A 5 MILE BASE LEG FOR THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WHEN HE HEARD THE GEAR HORN.  HE WAS DISTRACTED BY OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN.  HE BELIEVED HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN, STATED THAT HE NO LONGER HEARD THE GEAR HORN.  LANDED GEAR UP. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE RUNWAY, THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION WITH THE TIRES RESTING ON THE RUNWAY BUT NOT FULLY EXTENDED. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED FROM THE RUNWAY THE GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. SUBSTANTIAL SCRAPING WAS FOUND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT, HOWEVER, THE GEAR DOORS AND TIRES SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N7810P (2)

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

- [Incident 20161028017239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161028017239I), Oct 28, 2016: Piper PA-24-250 (N7810P), Cochran, GA, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Was acting as a CFI administering a 24 month flight review and instrument proficiency check. [privacy data omitted]Was flying in the…
- [Incident 19950122000709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950122000709I), Jan 22, 1995: Piper PA24250 (N7810P), Cochran, GA, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft was approaching Cochran Airport. (48A) from the NE about 7 mile out. Called Cochran UNICOM advised we would be making straight in approach…

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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