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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28RT-201 · Glenwood, MN · March 13, 2023

Date
March 13, 2023 · 11:22 local
Place
Glenwood, MN
Airport
Glenwood Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8116Q
Reported as
Piper PA-28RT-201
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
419 total32 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

03/13/2023privacy data omitted gear up landing Glenwood Municipal Airport (kghw).

03/13/2023 PIC departed flying cloud airport (kfcm) at approximately 10:15 am. At approximately 11:22 am the aircraft landed at kghw with the landing gear up. No injuries and minor damage including prop strike, flaps, entry step, lower engine cowling, and belly of aircraft. The aircraft was rented from privacy data omitted. The privacy data omitted ofprivacy data omitted stated the PIC reported that he was distracted by sun in his eyes and failed to use the checklist on approach which resulted in failure to extend the landing gear. Maintenance crews jacked the aircraft and the landing gear extended normally

As the FAA filed it

03/13/2023^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GEAR UP LANDING GLENWOOD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KGHW).

03/13/2023 PIC DEPARTED FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT (KFCM) AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM. AT APPROXIMATELY 11:22 AM THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KGHW WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP. NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE INCLUDING PROP STRIKE, FLAPS, ENTRY STEP, LOWER ENGINE COWLING, AND BELLY OF AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RENTED FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE PIC REPORTED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY SUN IN HIS EYES AND FAILED TO USE THE CHECKLIST ON APPROACH WHICH RESULTED IN FAILURE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. MAINTENANCE CREWS JACKED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY