# Incident 19940102003309I: Piper PA28180, Columbus, GA, January 2, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1994, 17:08 local time
- Place: Columbus, GA
- Airport: Columbus Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4610° N, 84.9877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, GA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4610&lon=-84.9877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4620J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 56 in this make and model, 157 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940102003309I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 2, 1994, AT APPROXIMATELY 1708 (LCL) TIME, N4620J, A PIPER PA-28R MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING AT COLUMBUS AIRPORT (CSG). AIRCRAFT HAD COMPLETED TWO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, ON 3RD LANDING THE CFI GAVE THE STUDENT A SIMULATED EMERGENCY LANDING DURING A COMPLEX AIRCRAFT CHECK-OUT. ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED BY STUDENT AIRSPEED CONTROL DURING APPROACH AND LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED, AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR-UP. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY HAROLD C. LUMMUS, III, A&P ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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