# Incident 20030107005779I: Piper PA34200, Terre Haute, IN, January 7, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2003, 15:10 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Airport: Hulman Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4667° N, 87.4139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Terre Haute, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4667&lon=-87.4139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N134SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N134SK-2012-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,440 total, 175 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030107005779I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING A TOUCH & GO DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT ON RUNWAY 23 AT TERRE HAUTE, IN THE STUDENT PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR DURING THE TAKEOFF ATTEMPT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INDICATED THAT HE RETRACTED FLAPS AFTER LANDING AND LOOKED OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT TO VERIFY THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED. HE THEN FELT THE AIRCRAFT BEGIN TO SETTLE TO THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N134SK (2)

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

- [Incident 19960412024539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960412024539I), Apr 12, 1996: Piper PA34200 (N134SK), Danville, IL, Minor damage. Narrative: on 04/12/96, on a VFR multi-engine training flight, the aircraft landed gear up on runway 3 at Danville, IL. After several approaches, the student…
- [Incident 19930928046579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930928046579I), Sep 28, 1993: Piper PA34200 (N134SK), Terre Haute, IN, Minor damage. Student conducting a single engine VOR approach. On go around failed to maintain airspeed. Settled into a field.

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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