39.5030° N, 84.3649° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, OH, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 31, 1986 · 16:40 local
Place
Middletown, OH
Airport
Hook Field Municipal
Phase of flight
Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N15102
Reported as
Piper PA34200
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total55 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days
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.
During simulated engine out landing, pilot and instructor failed to lower the gear. Landed gear up.
As the FAA filed it
DURING SIMULATED ENGINE OUT LANDING, PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO LOWER THE GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP.