# Incident 20010419037199I: Piper PA23250, Leesburg, FL, April 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2001, 12:30 local time
- Place: Leesburg, FL
- Airport: Leesburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8229° N, 81.8084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESBURG INTL (LEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8229&lon=-81.8084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63770, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63770-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010419037199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 19 APRIL 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 EDT, MR. DARRYL P. BICHANICH, HOLDER OF PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 390606646, WAS GIVING MULTIENGINE DUAL INSTRUCTION OF MR. CHRISTIAN L. HAUCK IN A PIPER PA-23-250, N63770. THE PILOTS WERE PRACTICING TAKEOFF AND LANDING OPERATIONS AT THE LEESBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT NEAR LESSBURG, FLORIDA. DURING THE SECOND APPROACH, THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT SIMULATED RIGHT ENGINE FAILURE TO CONDUCT A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH TO LANDING. THE PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY THE PRESENCE OF AIRPORT GROUND PERSONNEL IN THE VICINITY OF THE RUNWAY AND FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR RESULTING IN A "GEAR UP" LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOTS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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