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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Frederick, MD · February 7, 2001

Date
February 7, 2001
Place
Frederick, MD
Airport
Frederick Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2PW
Reported as
Piper PA44180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total105 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23)The flight instructor report that he and his student were returning from a lesson for a simulated single engine landing. The instructor stated that he and the trainee discussed the appropriate time to extend the landing gear, and then extended the landing gear at the time of turning final. The instructor stated that he verified that the landing gear were down abd locked. The instructor and trainee became distrated by the fact that the aircraft ahead of them was slow clearing the runway, creating the possiblity of a go around. The instructor believes that the traineee retracted the landign gear in preparation for the possible go arund. When the preceeding aircraft cleared the runway, the instructor and trainee continued the approach and landed with the landing gear retracted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORT THAT HE AND HIS STUDENT WERE RETURNING FROM A LESSON FOR A SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE AND THE TRAINEE DISCUSSED THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, AND THEN EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AT THE TIME OF TURNING FINAL. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE VERIFIED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WERE DOWN ABD LOCKED. THE INSTRUCTOR AND TRAINEE BECAME DISTRATED BY THE FACT THAT THE AIRCRAFT AHEAD OF THEM WAS SLOW CLEARING THE RUNWAY, CREATING THE POSSIBLITY OF A GO AROUND. THE INSTRUCTOR BELIEVES THAT THE TRAINEEE RETRACTED THE LANDIGN GEAR IN PREPARATION FOR THE POSSIBLE GO ARUND. WHEN THE PRECEEDING AIRCRAFT CLEARED THE RUNWAY, THE INSTRUCTOR AND TRAINEE CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.

Other reports on N2PW · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.