# Incident 20001017019419I: Piper PA23, Mesa, AZ, October 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2000, 17:24 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2210P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 68 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001017019419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN WAS ASMEL RATED AND ACTING AS AN INSTRUMENT STUDENT. WHILE ON DOWNWIND FOR LANDING, AIRMAN RECALLS LOWERING LANDING GEAR AND VERIFYING IT BEING DOWN ALONG WITH THE INSTRUCTOR IN THE RIGHT SEAT. ATC THEN REQUESTED AIRMAN FOLLOW TRAFFIC WHICH REQUIRED AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF MANUEVERING. UPON LANDING, THE A/C SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY, WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE BEST THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR COULD RECALL, AT SOME POINT DURING THE MANUEVERING IN THE PATTERN, THE STUDENT RETRACTED THE GEAR AND IT WAS NOT EXTENDED AGAIN PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE LIGHTS IN THE A/C WERE DIFFICULT TO SEE ACCORDING TO BOTH PILOTS AS THE SUN WAS LOW ON THE HORIZON. THE GEAR WARNING WAS INAUDIBLE WITH HEADSETS ON.

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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