# Incident 20020613016049I: Piper PA28RT201, Winder, GA, June 13, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2002, 14:55 local time
- Place: Winder, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9916° N, 83.7236° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winder, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9916&lon=-83.7236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81423 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 427 total, 250 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020613016049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED HE WAS RECEIVING A STAGE III COMMERCIAL FLIGHT CHECK WITH A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON JUNE 13, 2002. THEY LEFT TARA FIELD STOPPED AT PEACHTREE DEKALB AND ARRIVED AT WINDER THE SECOND LEG. THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO PERFORM A SIMULATED EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FELT A SHUTTERING OR FLUTTERING FEELING AS THOUGH HE HAD GEAR EXTENSION. THE CFI STATED HE INQUIRED ON WHETHER THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND WAS GIVEN AN AFFIRMATIVE ANSWER FROM THE PILOT AND GAVE ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR A SOFT FIELD LANDING. THE PILOT STATED HE DID PULL THE GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH TO DOWN POSITION AND THOUGHT HE SAW THREE GREEN LIGHTS. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 75 TO 85 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH GEAR UP, AND RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED UP DURING THE RUNWAY REMOVAL PROCESS AND THE ON SCENE IA STATED THE GEARS FELL OUT INTO POSITION.

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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