# Incident 20260613006499I: Piper PA-24-250, Auburn, WA, June 13, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2026, 08:50 local time
- Place: Auburn, WA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3276° N, 122.2267° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN MUNI (S50), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3276&lon=-122.2267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6087P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6087P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,222 total, 559 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260613006499I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT PROFILE: LOCAL PROFICIENCY FLIGHT (S50 – KCLS – KPLU – S50)

LOCATION: AUBURN AIRPORT (S50)

DESCRIPTION: WHILE RETURNING FROM A MULTI-LEG LOCAL PROFICIENCY FLIGHT (S50 – KCLS – KPLU), THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A HIGH-DENSITY TRAFFIC PATTERN AND HEAVY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS UPON ARRIVAL AT AUBURN AIRPORT (S50). THE RESULTING TASK SATURATION DISTRACTED THE PILOT, CAUSING HIM TO OMIT THE BEFORE-LANDING CHECKLIST. CONCURRENTLY, A MECHANICAL ANOMALY OCCURRED WHEREIN THE AIRCRAFT’S LANDING GEAR "NOT DOWN AND LOCKED" WARNING HORN FAILED TO ACTIVATE. WITHOUT THE CHECKLIST VERIFICATION OR AN AUDITORY BACKUP, THE PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, RESULTING IN A GEAR-UP 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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