# Incident 20240923022439I: Piper PA-28R-200, Carrolton, GA, September 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2024, 19:50 local time
- Place: Carrolton, GA
- Airport: West Georgia Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N15893, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15893-2026-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-C1C (registry code 41832, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-c1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,203 total, 238 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240923022439I

## Narrative

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

PA-28R-200 TOOK OFF OUT OF WEST GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT(KTCJ)09/23/2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL EST FOR PROFICIENCY TRAINING. AFTER AN HOUR OF FLIGHT TIME THE AIRCRAFT AND PILOT IN COMMAND RETURNED TO LAND BACK AT (KTCJ) FOR TOUCH AND GO'S AND LOCAL PATTERN WORK. UPON FINAL LANDING THE GEAR WAS LEFT IN THE UP POSITION BY PILOT ERROR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A SKIDDING STOP RESTING ON CENTERLINE RUNWAY 15. PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT UNDER HIS OWN POWER, WITH INJURIES BEING REPORTED.

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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