# Incident 20030601013909I: Piper PA28R200, Bloomington, IN, June 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2003, 15:34 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IN
- Airport: Monroe County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1460° N, 86.6167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE COUNTY (BMG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1460&lon=-86.6167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28UP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28UP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 63 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030601013909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N28UP WAS BEING FLOWN BY PIC EDWARD RICK MIZE (PIC) WHO WAS PARTICIPATING IN THE WINGS WEEKEND PROGRAM CONDUCTED AT GREENWOOD, IN AIRPORT (HFY). PIC'S COMPANY OWNS N28UP. DOUGLAS JENKINS (CFI) WAS PROVIDING NON-COMPENSATORY INSTRUCTION TO PIC. ON MONDAY, JUNE 2ND BOTH PIC AND CFI WERE INTERVIEWED SEPARATELY. ACCORDING TO INTERVIEWS THE CFI BRIEFED, AND BOTH PIC AND CFI UNDERSTOOD, THAT MIZE WAS THE DESIGNATED PIC. ADDITIONALLY, MIZE SIGNED A STATEMENT THAT HE WOULD BE PIC. BOTH PIC AND CFI DEPARTED HFY IN N28UP AND PROCEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH AIR WORK AFTER WHICH THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO BMG FOR MULTIPLE FULL STOP LANDINGS. AFTER TWO SUCCESSFUL FULL STOP LANDINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY PIC, A THIRD LANDING WAS MADE BY THE PIC. HOWEVER, THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED AND N28UP LANDED GEAR UP. N28UP DOES HAVE AN AUTOMATIC LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM INSTALLED. ALL OF THE AIR WORK AND THE APPROACHES AND LANDINGS WERE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE AUTOMATIC LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM IN THE DISENGAGED/DEACTIVATED CONFIGURATION, AS PERMITTED BY THE POH. THE TIME AT WHICH THE AUTOMATIC SYSTEM WAS DISENGAGED/DEACTIVATED AND THE REASON FOR DOING SO WAS NOT AN ISSUE TO WHICH BOTH PIC AND CFI AGREE. CFI DID STATE THAT PIC WAS CONSISTENT WITH FOLLOWING CHECKLIST PROCEDURES DURING THE ENTIRE FLIGHT AND DID REMEMBER THAT PIC HAD VERBALLY ACCOMPLISHED THE GUMP CHECK PRIOR TO CONTACTING THE GROUND. HOWEVER, CFI STATED THAT HE HAD NOT VISUALLY CONFIRMED THE ILLUMINATION OF THE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS AND/OR THE POSITION OF THE LANDING GEAR LEVER PRIOR TO THE GEAR UP LANDING. LAYOUT OF THE COCKPIT AND INSTRUMENT PANEL PLACES THE GREEN 3 LANDING DOWN, THE AMBER AUTO GEAR EXTENSION LIGHT, AND THE LANDING GEAR LEVER JUST TO THE IMMEDIATE LEFT OF THE ENGINE CONTROL CONSOLE. THIS LAYOUT DOES NOT PROVIDE EASY VISUAL OBSERVATION OF THE LANDING INDICATION SYSTEM BY THE OCCUPANT IN THE FORWARD PASSENGER SEAT.

## Other reports on N28UP (2)

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

- [Incident 19930309010129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930309010129I), Mar 9, 1993: Piper PA28R200 (N28UP), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Unable to lock nose gear down. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Over center tension spring attach bracket broke.
- [Incident 19920811054789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920811054789I), Aug 11, 1992: Piper PA28R200 (N28UP), Pelion, SC, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found down lock bolt was bent. Allowed nose gear to fold up.

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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