# Incident 20241020017589I: Piper PA-28R-200, Bessemer, AL, October 20, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2024, 11:10 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5210T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5210T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,129 total, 65 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241020017589I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 20, 2024, THE PILOT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED THE BESSEMER AIRPORT (EKY) FOR THE LOCAL PATTERN. DURING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR REMAINED RETRACTED CAUSING A PROPELLER STRIKE AND THE AIRCRAFT TO RECEIVE MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRFRAME. THERE WERE NO INJURIES DUE TO THIS INCIDENT.

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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