# Incident 20240920020149I: Piper PA-32RT-300, Toledo, WA, September 20, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2024, 18:00 local time
- Place: Toledo, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4447° N, 122.8522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toledo, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4447&lon=-122.8522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3041B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3041B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (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-32RT-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240920020149I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT, WHILE APPROACHING THE LANDING INTO TOLEDO AIRPORT, STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING CHALLENGES TURNING ON THE RUNWAY LIGHTS. AFTER A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS, HE STATED HE WAS GETTING WORRIED THAT THE LIGHTS DID NOT COME ON AFTER IS FIRST TRY.  ONCE THE RUNWAY ILLUMINATED, HE PROCEEDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS NOT UNTIL HE TOUCHED DOWN THAT HE BECAME AWARE THAT THE LANDING WAS STILL RETRACTED.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM STRUCTURE (BELLY).

THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.

THIS REPORT MAY BE AMENDED PENDING NTSB FINDINGS.

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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