# Incident 19970812036069I: Piper PA44180, Orlando, FL, August 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1997, 12:45 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29MH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29MH-2009-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360E1A6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 4 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970812036069I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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