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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Terre Haute, IN · April 21, 2026

Date
April 21, 2026 · 22:22 local
Place
Terre Haute, IN
Airport
Terre Haute International-Hulman Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N73T
Reported as
Piper PA-24-260
Reported engine
Lycoming 10-540
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,410 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

privacy data omitted Incident upon final approch. Pilot lowered the landing gear and right main gear did not fully extend. Made several attemps to lower the gear but right main would not completely extend. He contacted his maintenance provider and the decision was made to attemp a gear up landing. Lower belly skin sustained minor damge. The propeller blade contacted the runway. Minor damage with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCIDENT UPON FINAL APPROCH. PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR DID NOT FULLY EXTEND. MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPS TO LOWER THE GEAR BUT RIGHT MAIN WOULD NOT COMPLETELY EXTEND. HE CONTACTED HIS MAINTENANCE PROVIDER AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO ATTEMP A GEAR UP LANDING. LOWER BELLY SKIN SUSTAINED MINOR DAMGE. THE PROPELLER BLADE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURIES.

Other reports on N73T · 1

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