# Incident 19961210042659I: Piper PA28R200, Athens, GA, December 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1996, 18:20 local time
- Place: Athens, GA
- Airport: Athens/Ben Epps Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9486° N, 83.3259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATHENS/BEN EPPS (AHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9486&lon=-83.3259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32379, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32379) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 120 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961210042659I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: I WAS PRACTICING SOFT/SHORT FIELD TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS IN ATHENS PATTERN. ON DOWNWIND DECIDED TO DO A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. PICKED BEST GLIDE SPEED OF 100 MPH, CONCENTRATED ON MAKING THE RUNWAY. ON SHORT FINAL SOMEONE SAID "AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU'RE NOT WITH HOUSTON?" I SAID "HOUSTON!!" AND THAT SAME SOMEONE SAID "YEA FROM THE OTHER NIGHT." I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT AND PROCEEDED TO FLARE. I NOTICED I WAS IN GROUND EFFECT A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL, INITIALLY THINKING IT WAS BECAUSE MY APPROACH WAS 10-15 MPH FASTER THAN NORMAL & BECAUSE I HAD NO FLAPS. I, AT THAT POINT NOTICED I HAD NO GREEN LIGHTS FOR GEAR AND TOUCHED PAVEMENT. I DECIDED NOT TO PULL PLANE BACK UP AND RISK A STALL SO I DECIDED TO LIMIT MY RISE WITH A GEAR UP LANDING. I LANDED, ACKNOWLEDGED TOWER I HAD GEAR UP LANDING & TURNED OFF MASTER AND MAGS. I THEN WALKED OUT AND AWAY FROM THE PLANE. THE ABOVE INITIAL STATEMENT WAS WRITTEN BY PIC.

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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