# Incident 20231221021449I: Piper PA-24, Millington, TN, December 21, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2023, 16:00 local time
- Place: Millington, TN
- Airport: Charles W. Baker
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2785° N, 89.9330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLES W BAKER (2M8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2785&lon=-89.9330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N522CB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N522CB) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,021 total, 330 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231221021449I

## Narrative

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

INITIAL NOTIFICATION OF AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT WAS PERPORTED TO THE FAA, MEMPHIS FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE, THROUGH THE REGINAL OPERATIONS CENTER.  THE REPORT STATED: MILLINGTON, TN(2MB): PA24 FAILED TO LOWER THE GEAR AND LANDED GEAR-UP RUNWAY 18. POB: 1, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 12/21/2023 2200Z (DELAYED NOTIFICATION - CT)

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CHARLES BAKER AIRPORT (2MB) 12/21/2023 AROUND 3:25 P.M. FOR A PERSONAL, LOCAL FLIGHT. ONLY 1 PILOT ON BOARD, 59-YEAR-OLD MALE, NO PASSENGERS. NO INJURIES.

IIC AND ONE OPERATIONS INSPECTOR WERE NOTIFIED ON 12/22/2023 AT 7:00 A.M. AND ARRIVED ON SCENE AROUND 9:00 A.M. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN MOVED OFF THE RUNWAY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER INTENDENT TO MAKE WAY FOR OTHER APPROACHING AIRCRAFT.

AIRCRAFT’S POINT OF IMPACT AND FINAL RESTING PLACE WERE  BOTH ON THE RUNWAY 18L APPROXIMATELY 510 FEET APART. VERY LITTLE DEBRIS WAS PRESENT. ALL 3 PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT AT THE TIPS.

INTERVIEWS WITH THE PILOT, AND HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT INDICATED THAT ALL PHASES OF FLIGHT LEADING UP TO INCIDENT WERE NORMAL & UNEVENTFUL. PILOT ADMITTED TO BEING DISTRACTED AND DID NOT RUN HIS BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST.

INSPECTORS DID NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF UNSAFE MANEUVERS OR “SHOW BOATING” PRIOR TO INCIDENT.

FLIGHT LOGS SHOWED HE WAS CURRENT ON ALL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCED IN THIS AIRCRAFT.

AIRCRAFT ENGINE, PROPELLER AND MAINTENANCE LOGBOOKS WERE REVIEWED. 100 HOUR AND ANNUAL INSPECTIONS WERE RECENTLY CONDUCTED, AND AIRCRAFT DETERMINED TO BE IN AIRWORTHY CONDITION.

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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