# Incident 20250217004689I: Piper PA-28R-200, New Orleans, LA, February 17, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2025, 19:45 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44KD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44KD) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250217004689I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID HE LOWERED GEAR ON FINAL, LANDED SMOOTHLY WITHOUT NO HINT OF GEAR UNTIL PLANE TURNED TO THE LEFT. BROUGHT PLANE TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. SHUT DOWN AND EXITED ONLY TO FIND THAT THE GEAR HAD PARTIALLY EXTENDED. WHEN AIRCRAFT LIFTED GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCK WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT

## Other reports on N44KD (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20220326002679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220326002679A), Mar 26, 2022: Piper PA-28R-200 (N44KD), Slidell, LA, Substantial damage. On 3/26/2022 at approximately 1500 local time. A Piper P28R with n registration N44KD, was being operated by a private pilot when it failed to lower its…
- [Incident 19830219008779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830219008779I), Feb 19, 1983: Piper PA28R200 (N44KD), Frederick, MD, Minor damage. Too low on final. Right landing gear struck a snowbank on approach end of runway.

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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