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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201T · Fort Collins, CO · February 6, 2000

Date
February 6, 2000 · 16:05 local
Place
Fort Collins, CO
Airport
Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Arp
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N42PG
Reported as
Piper PA28R201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
51 total96 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

While landing, the pilot noticed that the nose gear green indicator had been extinguished and that the propeller had struck the runway. He determined that he should raise the gear in order to reduce the damage. This was completed, the gear retracted and the aircraft landed on the belly.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE NOSE GEAR GREEN INDICATOR HAD BEEN EXTINGUISHED AND THAT THE PROPELLER HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY. HE DETERMINED THAT HE SHOULD RAISE THE GEAR IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE DAMAGE. THIS WAS COMPLETED, THE GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE BELLY.