# Incident 20000413019709I: Piper PA28RT201, Estherville, IA, April 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2000, 16:30 local time
- Place: Estherville, IA
- Airport: Estherville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4075° N, 94.7464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESTHERVILLE MUNI (EST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4075&lon=-94.7464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82954, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82954) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 947 total, 3 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000413019709I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE COMMERICAL (MULTI-ENGINE) RATED STUDENT AND CFI HAD BEEN IN PRACTICE AREA DOING MANEUVERS TO PREPARE THE STUDENT FOR COMMERICAL SINGLE ENGINE AND CFI RATINGS. WHILE DOING MANEUVERS, THE AUTOMATIC GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS DISABLED.  WHEN THEY RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT TO PRACTICE LANDINGS, THE AUTO MATIC GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS STILL DISABLED.  THEY MADE A NORMAL APPROACH BUT FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.

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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