# Incident 20230313006479I: Piper PA-28RT-201, Glenwood, MN, March 13, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2023, 11:22 local time
- Place: Glenwood, MN
- Airport: Glenwood Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6438° N, 95.3204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GLENWOOD MUNI (GHW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6438&lon=-95.3204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8116Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8116Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 419 total, 32 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230313006479I

## Narrative

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

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

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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