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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201T · Longmont, CO · March 3, 2002

Date: March 3, 2002 · 17:00 local
Place: Longmont, CO
Airport: Vance Brand Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N510TE
Reported as: Piper PA28R201T
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,730 total672 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N510TERegistered now · Piper PA-28R-201TS/N 28R-7803124 · Built 1977 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-201T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Mr. Little admitted that he failed to place the landing gear handle in the "down" position. He stated he was third in sequence in the traffic pattern for runway 11 at the 2V2 airport. He admitted to being distracted by the other aircraft in the traffic pattern. He then landed the aircraft with the landing gear retracted. The aircraft had minimal damage. There was no damage to the firewall bulkhead or to the primary airframe. The damage was isolated to some external skin, lower antennas and the propeller. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the 14CFR part 91 flight and no flight plan was filed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. LITTLE ADMITTED THAT HE FAILED TO PLACE THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE "DOWN" POSITION. HE STATED HE WAS THIRD IN SEQUENCE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 11 AT THE 2V2 AIRPORT. HE ADMITTED TO BEING DISTRACTED BY THE OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. HE THEN LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINIMAL DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL BULKHEAD OR TO THE PRIMARY AIRFRAME. THE DAMAGE WAS ISOLATED TO SOME EXTERNAL SKIN, LOWER ANTENNAS AND THE PROPELLER. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE 14CFR PART 91 FLIGHT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.