# Incident 20240108000079I: Piper PA-23-250, Bridgeport, WV, January 8, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2024, 12:30 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, WV
- Airport: North Central West Virginia Ai
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2977° N, 80.2275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA (CKB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2977&lon=-80.2275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N840H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N840H-2026-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (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-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 23,797 total, 1 in this make and model, 192 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240108000079I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING THIRD LANDING DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT.  PILOTS WERE DISTRACTED BY TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN AND DID NOT PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN OR CONFIRM IT WAS DOWN.  LANDED GEAR UP RUNWAY 21.  SHUT DOWN ENGINES AND EVACUATED AIRCRAFT.  NO ANOMALIES FOUND IN LANDING GEAR SYSTEM.

THE PROPELLERS, ALL THREE LANDING GEAR DOORS, BOTH MAIN GEAR TIRES, AND FLAPS WERE VISIBLY DAMAGED.

THE PIC/DPE FLYING WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT AND THE CFI WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT.

THE PIC/DPE'S POI MANAGING SPECIALIST TOOK CARE OF COUNSELING FOR THE PIC/DPE.

THE CFI WAS GIVEN COUNSELING.

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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