20040313006189A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Peru, IL · March 13, 2004

Date: March 13, 2004 · 16:06 local
Place: Peru, IL
Airport: Illinois Valley Regional/Walter A
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N15118
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI04LA087
Reported as: Piper PA28R200
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360LYC*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,800 total200 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N15118Registered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-7335023 · Built 1972 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot/cfi were practicing touch and go landings. Aircraft veered off runway 18. CFI stated that pilot selected gear up instead of flaps up at critical time during takeoff roll. According to CFI there is also a possibility that squat switch designed to prevent gear retraction did not function properly.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT/CFI WERE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY 18. CFI STATED THAT PILOT SELECTED GEAR UP INSTEAD OF FLAPS UP AT CRITICAL TIME DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. ACCORDING TO CFI THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY THAT SQUAT SWITCH DESIGNED TO PREVENT GEAR RETRACTION DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI04LA087Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPeru, ILThe inadvertent landing gear retraction by the dual student during the landing roll.Mar 13, 2004 · Substantial damage