# Incident 20240225003529I: Piper PA-23-160, Tauton, MA, February 25, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2024, 13:00 local time
- Place: Tauton, MA
- Airport: Tauton Municiple Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N66TV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66TV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-160
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240225003529I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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