# Incident 19970508017939I: Piper PA28R200, Louisburg, NC, May 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1997, 16:15 local time
- Place: Louisburg, NC
- Airport: Franklin County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0966° N, 78.2986° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisburg, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0966&lon=-78.2986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32680, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32680) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-C1C (registry code 41832, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-c1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 513 total, 32 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970508017939I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT ORIGINATED WITH PIC IN RIGHT SEAT, PRIVATE PILOT IN LEFT SEAT, AND A CFI AS A REAR SEAT PASSENGER. INITIAL PURPOSE OF FLIGHT WAS FOR PIC TO PERFORM INSTRUMENT APPROACHES TO RALEIGH DURHAM AIRPORT. DUE TO TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AT RDU, FLIGHT CHANGED TO DUAL INSTRUCTION IN COMPLEX AIRCRAFT FOR THE BENEFIT OF PRIVATE PILOT. DURING ATTEMPT TO LAND AT FRANKLIN COUNTY AIRPORT, A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT WAS INITIATED. THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED AND THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AS A RESULT OF THE AUTOMATIC LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM. THE PRIVATE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND PROCEEDED TO DEMONSTRATE A SHORT FIELD TAKE OFF. UPON REACHING NEAR TAKE OFF AIRSPEED, THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AS A RESULT OF THE AUTOMATIC LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM. POWER WAS REDUCED DUE TO BELIEF THAT A STRUT HAD SETTLED AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND CAME TO A REST NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES OCCURRED. ACCORDING TO THE PIC'S STATEMENT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS NEVER SELECTED TO THE DOWN POSITION DURING PRELANDING OR POSTLANDING CHECKS. NOTE: AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS CHECKED FOR PROPER OPERATION AFTER INCIDENT AT MAINTENANCE FACILITY. NO ABNORMALITIES WERE FOUND. GEAR FUNCTIONED EXACTLY AS PER PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK WITH REGARD TO POSITION, WARNING HORNS, AND LIGHTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N32680 (3)

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

- [Incident 20141024021789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141024021789I), Oct 24, 2014: Piper PA-28R-200 (N32680), Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. PIC,[privacy data omitted] with one passenger, was on approach to dab, 7L - initiated a go-around and landed 7R, dab. After landing the PIC acknowledged his…
- [Incident 20140617009689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140617009689I), Jun 17, 2014: Piper PA-28R-200 (N32680), Ft Myers, FL, Minor damage. On June 17, 2014, at 1520 EDT, a Piper 28R-200, N32680, struck the runway during a landing approach at ft. Myers, Florida (kfmy) causing propeller damage and…
- [Accident 19770410007229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770410007229A), Apr 10, 1977: Piper PA28R200 (N32680), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage

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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