# Incident 20020918026349I: Piper PA28RT201T, Denver, CO, September 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2002, 11:20 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Front Range Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8182J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8182J-2014-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-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 PA28RT201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 930 total, 250 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/20020918026349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATEMENT AS FOLLOWS: "I WAS SHOOTING TOUCH-AND-GOES AT FRONT RANGE AIRPORT THAT MORNING ON RUNWAY 08. AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL ROLLING. MY INSTRUCTOR AND I WERE DISCUSSING THE LANDING AS I PREPARED TO TAKE OFF. INADVERTENTLY, I GRABBED THE GEAR SWITCH (AND) MOVED IT TO THE GEAR UP POSITION. IMMEDIATELY I REALIZED WHAT I HAD DONE AND LOWERED THE SWITCH TO THE GEAR DOWN POSITION. UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS TOO LATE. THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND A PROP STRIKE FOLLOWED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE LEFT MAIN GEAR THEN BEGAN TO RETRACT, LOWERING THE LEFT WING UNTIL IT REACHED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. I AM NOT SURE OF THE SPEED WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, BUT IT WAS PROBABLY BETWEEN TO TO 60 KNOTS. I ALSO DO NOT KNOW WHY THE SQUAT SWITCHES DID NOT PREVENT THE GEAR COLLAPSE. OTHER THEN THE PROP STRIKE RELATED ISSUES, THE REST OF THE DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE MINOR." ROD WAGGE

## Other reports on N8182J (2)

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

- [Incident 20100802044319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100802044319I), Aug 2, 2010: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N8182J), Englewood, CO, Minor damage. Aircraft landed gear up. No major injuries noted. When aircraft was recovered it was raised with a hoist and power was applied. Landing gear immediately went…
- [Accident 19981002033209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981002033209A), Oct 2, 1998: Piper PA28RT201T (N8182J), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. On October 2, 1998, at 1920 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-28RT-201T, N8182J, registered to neuro air inc., was substantially damaged following a hard…

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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