# Accident 20230610009679A: Piper PA-24-250, Watkins, CO, June 10, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2023, 12:44 local time
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Airport: Colorado Air And Space Port
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7937° N, 104.5498° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7937&lon=-104.5498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6886P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6886P) (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: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA253) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230610009679A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GOES. ON 4TH ITERATION PILOT NOTICED GEAR WAS RETRACTED ON SHORT AND FINAL. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER GEAR BUT WAS UNABLE TO IN SUFFICIENT TIME  AND LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN23LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA253), Jun 10, 2023: Piper PA-24-250 (N6886P), Watkins, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to utilize the prelanding checklist to ensure the landing gear was extended before…

## Other reports on N6886P (1)

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

- [Incident 19780627035419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780627035419I), Jun 27, 1978: Piper PA24250 (N6886P), Worley, ID, Minor damage. Engine quit when the crankshaft gear drive dowel failed, disengaged entire accessory gear train.

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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