# Incident 19981210043349I: Piper PA28R201, Champaign-Urban, IL, December 10, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1998, 09:30 local time
- Place: Champaign-Urban, IL
- Airport: University Of Illinois-Willar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1141° N, 88.2746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Champaign, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1141&lon=-88.2746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40024, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40024) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981210043349I

## Narrative

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

(-5) AIRMAN WAS UNDERGOING A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION CHECK RIDE GIVEN BY A DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER AND DEMONSTRATING A FORWARD SLIP TO LANDING. DURING THE LANDING FLARE A SCRAPING SOUND WAS HEARD AND BOTH THE AIRMAN AND EXAMINER REALIZED THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT BEEN LOWERED. THE PILOT EXAMINER TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, APPLIED POWER AND PROCEEDED TO DO A GO AROUND. THE SUBSEQUENT LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING REVEALED THE PROPELLER TIPS, THE ENTRANCE STEP AND TAIL TIEDOWN HOOK HAD CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE. BOTH THE AIRMAN AND EXAMINER STATED THEY HAD BECOME DISTRACTED BY NUMEROUS AIRCRAFT IN THE LANDING PATTERN, RADIO FREQUENCY CONGESTION AND COMPLETION OF THE MANEUVER. BOTH ALSO STATED THEY DID NOT HEAR THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN.

## Other reports on N40024 (1)

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

- [Incident 19920603023299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920603023299I), Jun 3, 1992: Piper PA28R201 (N40024), Augres, MI. Engine failure en route. Emergency landing in a field.

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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