# Incident 20250311004339I: Piper PA-24, Salisbury, MD, March 11, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2025, 14:32 local time
- Place: Salisbury, MD
- Airport: Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomoco
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3752° N, 75.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salisbury, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3752&lon=-75.5866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7447P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7447P-2026-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250311004339I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR DURING A LANDING AT SALISBURY AIRPORT (SBY) ON RUNWAY 32 ON MARCH 11, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1432 LOCAL TIME. HE STATED THAT HE FAILED TO USE HIS CHECK LIST. HE WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND LOWER FUSELAGE.

WEATHER: 111754Z/19003KT/10SM/CLR/1901/A29.79/RMKA02/SLP089/T01890006/10194/21006/58016

## Other reports on N7447P (2)

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

- [Incident 20191126023349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191126023349I), Nov 26, 2019: Piper PA-24 (N7447P), Salisbury, MD, Minor damage. On November 26, 2019 at 16:15 a pilot landed his Piper PA-24 airplane on runway 23 at Salisbury, MD (sby) with his landing gear up. The pilot said he became…
- [Incident 20130207001319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130207001319I), Feb 7, 2013: Piper PA-24 (N7447P), Salisbury, MD, Minor damage. Aircraft landed on rwy 05 and during roll out, right landing gear slowly retracted. Inspection of aircraft by maintenance personnnel found the right push pull…

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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