# Incident 20250430006849I: Piper PA-28R-180, Spartanburg, SC, April 30, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2025, 18:20 local time
- Place: Spartanburg, SC
- Airport: Spartanburg Downtown Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9157° N, 81.9565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (SPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9157&lon=-81.9565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3869T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3869T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 262 total, 225 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250430006849I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CALLED IN 4 MILES OUT FOR LEFT DOWN WIND. AFTER THIS CALL SOMEONE CALLED INTO THE RADIO STATING A GLIDER WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY FIVE. THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON TWO SEVEN, WHICH PUT HIM LOOKING FOR THIS GLIDER. WHILE SEARCHING FOR THIS GLIDER HE WAS NOT MANAGING HIS AIRCRAFT, THIS CAUSED HIM TO FORGET HIS LANDING CHECKLIST AND NOT LOWER HIS LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING.

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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