# Incident 20241123019749I: Piper PA-24-260, Newton, KS, November 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2024, 13:30 local time
- Place: Newton, KS
- Airport: Newton-City-County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0571° N, 97.2752° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWTON-CITY-COUNTY (EWK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0571&lon=-97.2752&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8900P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8900P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (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-24-260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 423 total, 304 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241123019749I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 23,2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:02 LOCAL TIME A PRIVATE PILOT CONDUCTING LANDING PRACTICE AT NEWTON CITY-COUNTY AIRPORT (EWK) ON RUNWAY 17. DURING A SIMULATED POWER-0FF ACCURACY MANUVER THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. . PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED, DETERMINED TO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO EXECUTE A REJECTED TAKEOFF. DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND UNDERNEATH THE FUSELAGE OCCURRED.

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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