# Incident 20240111000089I: Piper PA-23-250, Sweetwater, TX, January 11, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2024, 15:10 local time
- Place: Sweetwater, TX
- Airport: Sweetwater Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4694° N, 100.4087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sweetwater, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4694&lon=-100.4087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62836, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62836) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 611 total, 66 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240111000089I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 11, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1510, A PIPER PA23 AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 22 AT SWEETWATER TX MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SWW).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON AN AERIAL SURVEY FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MDD ON JANUARY 11, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 1221.

## Other reports on N62836 (1)

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

- [Incident 20080403831639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080403831639I), Apr 3, 2008: Piper PA23250 (N62836), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot observed that upon approach for landing that the aircraft only indicated the NLG extending. He proceeded to use the hand-pump for the emergency…

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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