# Incident 19960412024539I: Piper PA34200, Danville, IL, April 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1996, 18:15 local time
- Place: Danville, IL
- Airport: Vermilion County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1998° N, 87.5952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERMILION RGNL (DNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1998&lon=-87.5952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N134SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N134SK-2012-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960412024539I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 04/12/96, ON A VFR MULTI-ENGINE TRAINING FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 3 AT DANVILLE, IL. AFTER SEVERAL APPROACHES, THE STUDENT WAS MAKING AN APPROACH WITH ONE ENGINE SET AT ZERO THRUST. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS ASKING THE STUDENT QUESTIONS TO DISTRACT HIM AND NO CHECKLIST WAS USED. AFTER THE PROPELLERS CONTACTED THE GROUND, THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND LANDED GEAR UP. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY HIS OWN ACTIVITY AND DID NOT VERIFY THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N134SK (2)

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

- [Incident 20030107005779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030107005779I), Jan 7, 2003: Piper PA34200 (N134SK), Terre Haute, IN, Minor damage. (-23) While conducting a touch & go during an instructional flight on runway 23 at Terre Haute, IN the student pilot retracted the landing gear during the…
- [Incident 19930928046579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930928046579I), Sep 28, 1993: Piper PA34200 (N134SK), Terre Haute, IN, Minor damage. Student conducting a single engine VOR approach. On go around failed to maintain airspeed. Settled into a field.

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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