# Incident 20230606017559I: Piper PA-24, Williamsburg, VA, June 6, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2023, 12:00 local time
- Place: Williamsburg, VA
- Airport: Williamsburg-Jamestown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2392° N, 76.7161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Williamsburg Jamestown Airport (JGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2392&lon=-76.7161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5748P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5748P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 400 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230606017559I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND GEAR BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. HOWEVER, BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN, PILOT SENSED HE WAS TOO LOW/SOMETHING WAS WRONG, AND EXECUTED GO-AROUND. THE PROPELLER TIPS STRUCK THE RUNWAY, SHEARING OFF OUTER 1-1/2 INCHES, BUT SUCCESSFULLY FLEW AWAY BEFORE CAUSING MORE DAMAGE. PILOT RETURNED TO HIS HOME AIRPORT (80 NM AWAY) AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.

## Other reports on N5748P (1)

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

- [Incident 20090420007369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090420007369I), Apr 20, 2009: Piper PA24 (N5748P), Pahokee, FL, Minor damage. (-23) N5748P landed with the landing gear retracted on runway 17 at phk. Marks on the runway indicated that the bottom of the aircraft's fuselage made the…

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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