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FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Orlando, FL · August 12, 1997

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Date
August 12, 1997 · 12:45 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Airport
Orlando Sanford Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N29MH
Reported as
Piper PA44180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360E1A6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,400 total4 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
N29MHRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 2009 · Piper PA-44-180S/N 44-8195008 · Built 1980Airframe modelPiper PA-44-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on August 12, 1997, at 1245 EDT, a Piper pa 44-180, N29MH, owned by the comair aviation academy, inc., and piloted by phillip a. dery, inadvertently retracted the landing gear during the takeoff portion of a touch and go landing at the Orlando Sanford Airport, near Sanford, Florida. The left main landing gear started to retract before the landing gear could be re-extended. The aircraft received minor damage to the left propeller and the pitot/static tube. The pilot and instructor were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The pilot, phillip a. dery, holds a commercial pilot certificate with an instrument rating, #43502300. The training flight originated at the Orlando Sanford Airport on August 12, 1997 approximately 1115 EDT.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 12, 1997, AT 1245 EDT, A PIPER PA 44-180, N29MH, OWNED BY THE COMAIR AVIATION ACADEMY, INC., AND PILOTED BY PHILLIP A. DERY, INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR DURING THE TAKEOFF PORTION OF A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT THE ORLANDO SANFORD AIRPORT, NEAR SANFORD, FLORIDA. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STARTED TO RETRACT BEFORE THE LANDING GEAR COULD BE RE-EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT PROPELLER AND THE PITOT/STATIC TUBE. THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT, PHILLIP A. DERY, HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING, #43502300. THE TRAINING FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ORLANDO SANFORD AIRPORT ON AUGUST 12, 1997 APPROXIMATELY 1115 EDT.