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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · St Charles, MO · May 2, 2000

Date
May 2, 2000 · 18:30 local
Place
St Charles, MO
Airport
St Charles County Smartt Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9334N
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Continental IO360*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total700 in this make and model150 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.

(-23)The evening of may 2, 2000 privacy data omitted was conducting an initial aircraft checkout with privacy data omitted at the st. Charles smart airfield. During one of multiple touch and go's privacy data omittedelected to have privacy data omitted conduct a no-flap approach. On final crossing the threshold, both pilots noticed that the airspeed was high and the throttle was at idle. privacy data omitted Reached for the flaps but remembered he was doing a no-flap and didn't think twice about the gear. privacy data omitted Was doing a lot of coaching and it wasn't until the tail started dragging the runway that either pilot remembered the gear. All aircraft systems were functioning normally and the gear warning horn was going off as the aircraft was skidding down the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE EVENING OF MAY 2, 2000 ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS CONDUCTING AN INITIAL AIRCRAFT CHECKOUT WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT THE ST.CHARLES SMART AIRFIELD. DURING ONE OF MULTIPLE TOUCH AND GO'S ^PRIVACY DATA^ELECTED TO HAVE ^PRIVACY DATA^ CONDUCT A NO-FLAP APPROACH. ON FINAL CROSSING THE THRESHOLD, BOTH PILOTS NOTICED THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS HIGH AND THE THROTTLE WAS AT IDLE. ^PRIVACY DATA^ REACHED FOR THE FLAPS BUT REMEMBERED HE WAS DOING A NO-FLAP AND DIDN'T THINK TWICE ABOUT THE GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS DOING A LOT OF COACHING AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THE TAIL STARTED DRAGGING THE RUNWAY THAT EITHER PILOT REMEMBERED THE GEAR. ALL AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS WERE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY AND THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS GOING OFF AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS SKIDDING DOWN THE RUNWAY.