# Incident 20230818021219I: Piper PA-32RT-300T, Bentonville, AR, August 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2023, 09:14 local time
- Place: Bentonville, AR
- Airport: Bentonville Municipal/Louise M Thad
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3448° N, 94.2195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BENTONVILLE MUNI/LOUISE M THADEN FLD (VBT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3448&lon=-94.2195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N313RB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N313RB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 284 total, 67 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230818021219I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 18, 2023, ON OR ABOUT 1414Z, PIPER LANCER PA-32RT-300T, WAS LANDING RUNWAY 18 AT BENTONVILLE MUNI/LOUISE M THADEN FIELD (KVBT).  THE AICRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AND VEERED OFF THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT STATED, HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN.  NO MECHANICAL ISSUES FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION.  THIS CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN PROP SUDDEN STOPPAGE, PROPELLER DAMAGE, FLAPS AND THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.  VMC CONDITIONS EXISTED.  PILOT AND BOTH PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N313RB (1)

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

- [Accident 20240530009099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240530009099A), May 30, 2024: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N313RB), Palemetto, FL, Destroyed. On Thursday, may 30,2024 the pilot flew to airport 48X to pick up approximately 35 gallons of fuel. After refueling pilot states he taxied to full length of…

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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