# Incident 19971019033579I: Piper PA28RT201, Oxford, CT, October 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1997, 17:15 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2083G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 644 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971019033579I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT ORIGINATED OUT OF DXR, PRACTICED SOME HOLDING AT OXC AT 3500' THEN DID TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. ON 5TH APPROACH TO RWY 18, PERFORMED "GUMPS", CHECK ON DOWNWIND AND VERIFIED "3 GREEN". ON FINAL FOR SOME "DUMB REASON THAT I CAN'T EXPLAIN, INSTEAD OF PUTTING IN THE LAST NOTCH OF FLAPS, I OPERATED THE GEAR SWITCH AND BEFORE I REALIZED WHAT I HAD DONE, THE AIRPLANE WAS ON THE GROUND". I HAD BEEN FLYING A CE-172 RECENTLY WHERE THE FLAP SELECTOR SWITCH IS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, NOT A HANDLE BETWEEN THE SEATS. "I DID IT OUT OF REFLEX RATHER THAN THOUGHT." ADMITTED DOING A GEAR UP A YEAR BEFORE IN A CESSNA.

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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