# Incident 20221231019499I: Piper PA-24-400, Hays, KS, December 31, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2022, 17:35 local time
- Place: Hays, KS
- Airport: Hays Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8422° N, 99.2732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAYS RGNL (HYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8422&lon=-99.2732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8541P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8541P-2024-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-400
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-720
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,216 total, 54 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221231019499I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/31/2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:35 PM (CST), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A SINGLE-ENGINE PIPER PA-24-400 (SN 26-122) OPERATING A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT, LANDED ON RUNWAY 16 AT HAYS REGIONAL AIRPORT (KHYS) WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.  ONE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE THE ONLY SOULS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8541P (1)

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

- [Accident 19880908038489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880908038489A), Sep 8, 1988: Piper PA24400 (N8541P), Gasquet, CA, Substantial damage. Unable to land at destination,diverted to canyon strip. Blinded by sun on final,clipped tree. Diverted to medford,OR

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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