# Incident 20240815014079I: Piper PA-24-250, Vancouver, WA, August 15, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2024, 19:00 local time
- Place: Vancouver, WA
- Airport: Pearson Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6205° N, 122.6565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PEARSON FLD (VUO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6205&lon=-122.6565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6968P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6968P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 135 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240815014079I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC STATED THAT HE ACCIDENTALLY EXECUTED A GEAR-UP LANDING. HE SAID IT WAS DUE TO BEING FOCUSED ON HEAVY TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF PDX AND BEING CONCERNED WITH WAKE TURBULENCE. IT RESULTED IN A PROP STRIKE AND DAMAGE TO BELLY SKIN. THE DAMAGE WAS NOT SUBSTANTIAL. NO OTHER PROPERTY WAS AFFECTED.

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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