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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Phoenix, AZ · August 27, 2000

Date
August 27, 2000 · 09:59 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Williams Gateway Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N814ND
Reported as
Piper PA28R201
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
850 total115 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)While conducting the last dual flight prior to student's schedule commerical check ride the student failed to lower the landing gear before landing. During the approach and landing the instructor was distracted by another aircraft in the traffic pattern and failed to notice that the gear had not been lowered prior to touch down. Both the instructor and student stated that they did not specifially recall hearing the gear warning horn at any time during the approach and landing. They both did however state that while practicing airwork at reduced power setting prior to the landing the gear horn was functioning normally.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)WHILE CONDUCTING THE LAST DUAL FLIGHT PRIOR TO STUDENT'S SCHEDULE COMMERICAL CHECK RIDE THE STUDENT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE LANDING. DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING THE INSTRUCTOR WAS DISTRACTED BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND FAILED TO NOTICE THAT THE GEAR HAD NOT BEEN LOWERED PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN. BOTH THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT STATED THAT THEY DID NOT SPECIFIALLY RECALL HEARING THE GEAR WARNING HORN AT ANY TIME DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING. THEY BOTH DID HOWEVER STATE THAT WHILE PRACTICING AIRWORK AT REDUCED POWER SETTING PRIOR TO THE LANDING THE GEAR HORN WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY.