Piper PA-24-260

FAA incident reports · 594

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Accident 20260826013399APiper PA-24-260 · Seldovia, AKVideo and witness statements describe the aircraft appeared to approach runway 16 fast, bounced two or more times and then attempted go around. During go around, video shows the aircraft porpoising and attempting a right turn out. Aircraft then entered an…Aug 26, 2026 · N9485P · Destroyed · 4 fatalAccident 20260716012449APiper PA-24-260 · Baraboo, WIArrived on scene at approximately 1700 just n-w a 1/4 to 1/2 mile of the approach end of runway 19 across the road from the ho chunk casino. Aircraft N8606P mms PA-24-260 had come to rest in the grass after passing through a row of trees to the north 100…Jul 16, 2026 · N8606P · DestroyedIncident 20260430003859IPiper PA-24-260 · Concord, CAI was given clearance by tower for a LE2 downwind departure from runway 19R to the northeast. I was on climb-out and had an impact to the front of the aircraft, following which, something passed over the cowling and then impacted the top of the cabin with…Apr 30, 2026 · N9911L · Minor damageIncident 20260421003399IPiper PA-24-260 · Terre Haute, IN[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…Apr 21, 2026 · N73T · Minor damageIncident 20260417004029IPiper PA-24-260 · Raleigh, NCThe aircraft, a 1969 Piper PA-24-260, departed from person county airport on Friday, April 17, at 12:13 EST with a single pilot/operator. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot attempted to retract the landing gear. During this process, a loud pop was heard, and…Apr 17, 2026 · N9364P · Minor damageAccident 20260314002949APiper PA-24-260 · Athens, GAAircraft made a gear up landing on runway 27 at ahn.Mar 14, 2026 · N9024P · Substantial damageIncident 20251121020319IPiper PA-24-260 · Texarkana, ARTexarkana, AR (txk) a Piper PA24 veered off the left side of runway 22 on landing rollout and resulted in a nose gear collapse and prop strike. Pilot stated: upon landing, the a/c pulled left, ran off the runway, resulting in the nose gear collapse and a prop…Nov 21, 2025 · N9250P · Minor damageIncident 20251119019249IPiper PA-24-260 · Hyannis, MAIncident aircraft departed Cape Cod Gateway Airport (hya) for nantucket memorial airport (ack). Shortly after take-off and en route to ack, aircraft began experiencing a loss of electrical power and contacted ack tower. Shortly after, the aircraft experienced…Nov 19, 2025 · N8566P · Minor damageIncident 20250721011692IPiper PA-24-260 · Oshkosh, WIOn 7/21/2025 at eaa [privacy data omitted] event in Oshkosh, WI, at approximately 1710 CDT, the pilot had just landed and was taxiing between two rows of airplanes at the vintage aircraft association aircraft parking/ camping area. The right wing struck the…Jul 21, 2025 · N9285P · Minor damageAccident 20250629009819APiper PA-24-260 · West Yellowston, MTOn June 29, 2025 at 1033 MDT, a privately owned Piper PA-24-260, with one pilot and one passenger on board, performed a gear up landing at Yellowstone Airport, west Yellowstone, Montana. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, propeller,…Jun 29, 2025 · N9366P · Substantial damageAccident 20250624007229APiper PA-24-260 · Ashland, WIPilot landed on runway 31 at kasx without extending landing gear, damaging the aircraft propeller and fuselage. After the aircraft was raised and the gear was extended, it was towed to the ramp where further investigation revealed the damage to the bottom of…Jun 24, 2025 · N8817P · Substantial damageIncident 20241123019749IPiper PA-24-260 · Newton, KSOn November 23,2024 at approximately 13:02 local time a private pilot conducting landing practice at Newton city-county airport (ewk) on runway 17. During a simulated power-0FF accuracy manuver the pilot failed to lower the landing gear. . Prior to touchdown…Nov 23, 2024 · N8900P · Minor damageIncident 20240903015719IPiper PA-24-260 · Poughkeepsie, NYAircraft enrered the pattern at kpou and the landing gear was selected down. No down and locked indication was noted. Pou tower observed that the gear did not appear down. The pilot left the pattern and performed the emergency extention procedure. The gear…Sep 3, 2024 · N807TA · Minor damageIncident 20240711011329IPiper PA-24-260 · San Marcos, TXAircraft was in level cruise flight. Pilot reported loss of power and rough running engine. Chose to land in San Marcos Texas. Performed gear up landing run way 13. No injuries reported.Jul 11, 2024 · N8874P · Minor damageAccident 20240202001519APiper PA-24-260 · Cherokee, OKPart 91 day VFR flight. Pilot reported in flight engine malfunction leading to partial engine failure, rough running engine. Pilot advanced mixture, propeller, and throttle full forward attempting to increase RPM in order to climb. Pilot then checked both…Feb 2, 2024 · N4284 · Substantial damageAccident 20231211021419APiper PA-24-260 · Anthony, KSDuring landing phase, aircraft propeller struck runway due to landing gear not down and locked. Pilot attempted go around, aircraft struck electrical power line. Aircraft suffered engine power loss. Aircraft struck ground short of runway impacting several hay…Dec 11, 2023 · N8729P · Substantial damageIncident 20230808015419IPiper Comanche · Fullerton, CA08/08/2023- Aircraft depart ful R24, departed right downwind. Upon leveling off at 2500 heading east pilot reported "yoke started to jackhammer back and forth (pitch)". Pilot turned back towards ful, attempted to contact tower, but due to violent pitching up…Aug 8, 2023 · N503JA · Minor damageIncident 20230703008539IPiper PA-24-260 · Pflugerville, TXPIC attempted visual approach to kedc runway 13. Upon touchdown, a shuddering was felt and a go around was executed. Second attempt resulted in aircraft bouncing several times and a second go around was executed. Third attempt, the aircraft bounced several…Jul 3, 2023 · N8875P · Minor damageIncident 20230612009439IPiper PA-24-260 · Arcadia, FLOn 06/12/2023, 1243 EDT, the PIC of [privacy data omitted], PA-24-260, [privacy data omitted], experienced smoke in the cockpit and performed an emergency landing at Arcadia Municipal Airport, FL. The PIC was on a personal flight departing from manatee…Jun 12, 2023 · N617ED · Minor damageAccident 20230220001169APiper PA-24-260 · San Jose, CAThis flight originated from rhv to haf. The pilot selected the landing gear down position on the half moon bay airport approach. The aircraft landing gear did not move. The pilot in command (PIC) began his troubleshooting. PIC checked circuit breakers; no…Feb 20, 2023 · N9267P · Substantial damageIncident 20230119005179IPiper PA-24-260 · Okeechobee, FLOkeechobee, FL (obe): [privacy data omitted], PA-24-260, experienced a nose gear collapse upon landing on runway 23. Aircraft was towed from the runway. No on field facility to investigate cause. Reason: unknown; POB: 2; injuries: none; damage: extent…Jan 19, 2023 · N9237P · Minor damageAccident 20221229023099APiper PA-24-260 · Athens, GAOn 12/29/2022 @1322, N9026P, a Piper PA-24-260 departed Athens, Georgia (ahn) in route to dalton, Georgia (dhn). Aircraft departed rwy 9 northbound on a 360 heading was pulled back power at 3000FT, given clearance to 6000 started to increase power, at which…Dec 29, 2022 · N9026P · DestroyedIncident 20220716012529IPiper PA-24-260 · Lancaster, SCOn 7/16/2022 [privacy data omitted] was conducting night time touch and goes on runway 24 at lkr Lancaster Airport, SC. On the last landing, [privacy data omitted] initiated a short approach in which he forgot to lower the landing gear. He touched down, slid…Jul 16, 2022 · N9019P · Minor damageAccident 20220710011989APiper PA-24-260 · Rapid City, SDOn July 10, 2022 at 6:10 pm, a Piper PA-24-260 [privacy data omitted]operated by the pilot was involved in an "off field" emergency landing accident while attempting to make runway 5 at the Rapid City Regional Airport. Weather review indicated the flight was…Jul 10, 2022 · N478WT · Substantial damageAccident 20220627011259APiper PA-24-260 · Lewisburg, TNDuring departure roll on runway 02 aircraft yawed to the left; exited the runway on the left hand side of the runway at approximately the 1900 foot mark. Aircraft never left the ground. Aircraft traveled on the grass next to the runway approximately 400 feet…Jun 27, 2022 · N9077P · Substantial damageAccident 20220427005849APiper PA-24-260 · Terre Haute, INThe pilot reported hearing a higher than normal noise level during takeoff. He realized that the baggage door was not completely closed but there wasn?t enough room to abort so he continued his takeoff. Once airborne, he received clearance from the tower to…Apr 27, 2022 · N73T · Substantial damageIncident 20220406004549IPiper PA-24-260 · Mesa, AZOn April 6, 2022 about 0800 PST time. A Piper PA-24-260 comanche serial number 24-4004, N8547P, which was certificated under the provisions of 14 CFR section 21.183. Standard airwortthiness certificates for normal category. The aircraft departed Falcon field…Apr 6, 2022 · N8547P · Minor damageAccident 20211013017049APiper PA-24-260 · Blairsville, GAAircraft N9126P, Piper PA-24-260 ser# 24-4605 traveling from Blairsville, GA (dzj) to sebring, FL (sef) crashed shortly after takeoff, north of dzj on the shore of lake nottely, one pilot onboard, no survivors. Aircraft departed on rwy 8 turning left (north)…Oct 13, 2021 · N9126P · Destroyed · 1 fatalAccident 20210606006739APiper PA-24-260 · Robbinsville, NJOn 06/06/2021, a student pilot, operating solo, without appropriate endorsements for solo, complex aircraft, and high performance aircraft, departed trenton-Robbinsville airport (N87) in Robbinsville, NJ. Immediately after take off, the airman experienced a…Jun 6, 2021 · N79RG · Substantial damageIncident 20210519008519IPiper PA-24-260 · Hayward, CAAfter landing on 28L pilot stated he accidently moved the gear handle instead of the flaps. No injuries. Aircraft has prop strike damage and belly skin damage.May 19, 2021 · N9258P · Minor damageIncident 20210111000489IPiper PA-24-260B · New Castle, DE01/11/2021 At 0700 the operator departed brandywine airport (oqn) on a VFR flight. After takeoff when operator attempted to retract the landing gear, it did not reach the full retract position and the landing gear motor circuit breaker popped. Pilot in…Jan 11, 2021 · N9144P · Minor damageIncident 20201230019859IPiper PA-24-260 · Brookhaven, NYPilot/owner was flying formation flying with another Piper comanche. During practice go around at hwv upon gear retraction noticed gear circuit breaker tripped. Pilot flew to the south practice area and attempted to extend the landing gear. The pilot of the…Dec 30, 2020 · N33DN · Minor damageIncident 20201125020729IPiper PA-24-260 · Linden, NJThe private pilot reported that ?on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 I arrived at the airport at approximately 11:30AM. I paid the attendant the landing fee and asked him the runway of choice as I knew the winds were coming almost directly from the south. He…Nov 25, 2020 · N9198P · Minor damageIncident 20200204002839IPiper PA-24-260 · Bartow, FLAircraft attempted take off for a maintenance check flight after annual inspection and engine cylinder replacement out of aircraft engineering in Bartow, FL., but experienced a landing gear collapse about 800' on take off roll, then skidded approximately 200'…Feb 4, 2020 · N8980P · Minor damageIncident 20190924013609IPiper PA-24-260 · Collegedale, TNDeparted SC99 to fgu Collegedale TN runway O3 on landing pilots reported that the landing gear collapse sliding down the runway 425FT before coming to rest on the side of the runwaySep 24, 2019 · N8851P · Minor damageIncident 20190724015069IPiper PA-24-260 · Edgewood, NMOn July 24, 2019, at 11:10 MDT, a Piper 24-260, N8762P, registered to [privacy data omitted], impacted the terrain on takeoff from Sandia Airpark Estates East Airport, Edgewood, new Mexico. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and a VFR…Jul 24, 2019 · N8762P · Minor damageIncident 20190529005389IPiper PA-24-260 · Greenfield, INOn may 29, 2019, at approximately 6:15PM eastern daylight time (EDT), a Piper PA-24-260, N8965P, landed gear-up on runway two-five at the Indianapolis Regional Airport - Greenfield, Indiana (kmqj) The commercial pilot and [privacy data omitted]second pilot…May 29, 2019 · N8965P · Minor damageIncident 20190508004239IPiper PA-24-260 · Chickasha, OKThe pilot was receiving commercial instruction. He came in for a short field landing. Approximately 500 feet after landing during the roll out the landing gear collapsed. The aircraft slid for approximately 500 feet before coming to a stop on the runway.…May 8, 2019 · N8565P · Minor damageIncident 20190330002169IPiper PA-24-260 · Louisa, VAA/c landed on the runway with the landing gear retractedMar 30, 2019 · N8733P · Minor damageAccident 20190212010139APiper PA-24-260 · Slaton, TXStudent pilot was returning to home base after a solo cross-country flight. Landing on runway 18 with a right crosswind (winds from 220 at 9 knots) caused the student pilot to slip into the wind holding left rudder and right aileron. On landing, when the nose…Feb 12, 2019 · N9184P · Substantial damageIncident 20180920013969IPiper PA-24-260-B · Pearland, TXDeparted Pearland regional airport at 1900 hours. The intent of flight was a training flight and all standard maneuvers were to be conducted in the airport environment/pattern. The weather was clear with winds 150 at 12 KTS, ceilings 4000 ft sct, visibility…Sep 20, 2018 · N9292P · Substantial damageIncident 20180902012909IPiper PA-24-260 · Ticonderoga, NYAircraft touched down for landing with landing gear not fully extended by evidence of distance between main gear tire black marks on runway. Prop struck runway repeatedly as aircraft skidded to a stop on it's belly.Sep 2, 2018 · N8578P · Minor damageIncident 20180713014489IPiper PA-24-260 · Fort Smith, AROn July 13, 2018 at 1238 CDT, a Piper PA-24-260, N915BC, registered to [privacy data omitted] impacted a bird while departing runway 25 at Fort Smith regional airport Fort Smith, Arkansas. Minor damage to the aircraft nose cone was sustained. Visual…Jul 13, 2018 · N915BC · Minor damageIncident 20180628008719IPiper PA-24-260 · Waterford, MIFrom report: pontiac, MI (ptk): N8383P, PA24, 1D2-PTK, struck a twy light with the right wing after landing ptk when turning off rwy 27L. POB: 2, injuries: none, damage: minor. 06/28/2018 2317ZJun 28, 2018 · N8383P · Minor damageAccident 20180409003429APiper PA-24-260 · Scottsdale, AZN9456P, a Piper PA-24 260C aircraft, serial number 24-4964, departed north las vegas airport (kvgt), on April 9, 2018, at 18:42 MST, enroute to Scottsdale, AZ with one occupant. ^Mr. Valente,^ an ATP rated pilot, flew the airplane from vgt to sdl with the…Apr 9, 2018 · N9456P · Destroyed · 6 fatalAccident 20180207002089APiper PA-24-260 · Fargo, NDFeb, 7, 2018 aircraft was involved with a gear collapse after landing at Fargo hector airport approximately 1744 on runway 18. Aircraft had veered off the runway to the left and struck a runway intersection sign. Initial damage to the aircraft was center of…Feb 7, 2018 · N9360P · Substantial damageIncident 20180120000039IPiper PA-24-260 · Goshen, INOn January 20, 2018 at 1100 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-24-260 aircraft, N9100P, registered to a private pilot was operated by [privacy data omitted], a private pilot sel recieving instrument instruction, and a certified flight instructor. The aircraft…Jan 20, 2018 · N9100P · Minor damageIncident 20171021021449IPiper PA-24-260 · Greenville, TXOn October 21, 2017 @ approximately 1350 CDT aircraft N8571P a Piper PA-24-260, serial number 24-4028 landed at Greenville, TX (gvt) airport, with the landing gear in the up position. There were two people on board, both pilots; no injuries were reported and…Oct 21, 2017 · N8571P · Minor damageAccident 20170926024459APiper PA-24-260 · Pacoima, CAAircraft cleared to land at Whiteman Airport (kwhp), Pacoima, CA. After landing rollout, approximately 150 ft after touching down, all aircraft landing gear collapsed. Kwhp fct confirmed the aircraft gear was down before landing, and controllers witnessed the…Sep 26, 2017 · N9020P · Substantial damageIncident 20170521007689IPiper PA-24-260 · Long Beach, CAN9069P, a Piper comanche PA-24 aircraft made a landing to the Long Beach airport (lgb) and during the rollout, the right landing gear started slowly collapsing. The gear continued to collapse under the right wing of the aircraft until the wingtip touched the…May 21, 2017 · N9069P · Minor damage
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