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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-160 · Tauton, MA · February 25, 2024

Date: February 25, 2024 · 13:00 local
Place: Tauton, MA
Airport: Tauton Municiple Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N66TV
Reported as: Piper PA-23-160
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot

N66TVRegistered now · Piper PA-23-160S/N 23-1766 · Built 1959 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was distracted during prelanding checklist by radio call of another aircraft in the pattern. Pilot did not restart prelanding checklist after determining that there was no interference from the other aircraft and missed the fact that the landing gear had not been deployed. By the time this was noticed, they were too low to deploy safely.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS DISTRACTED DURING PRELANDING CHECKLIST BY RADIO CALL OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN. PILOT DID NOT RESTART PRELANDING CHECKLIST AFTER DETERMINING THAT THERE WAS NO INTERFERENCE FROM THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND MISSED THE FACT THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT BEEN DEPLOYED. BY THE TIME THIS WAS NOTICED, THEY WERE TOO LOW TO DEPLOY SAFELY.