# Incident 20020303003689I: Piper PA28R201T, Longmont, CO, March 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2002, 17:00 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Airport: Vance Brand Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1644° N, 105.1636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VANCE BRAND (LMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1644&lon=-105.1636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N510TE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N510TE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,730 total, 672 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020303003689I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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