# Incident 20040320004279I: Piper PA24250, Riverside, CA, March 20, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2004, 11:26 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7621P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7621P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 148 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040320004279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS BEGINNING THE TAXI PORTION, WHEN SHE RECEIVED INSTRUCTION TO ALWAYS KEEP ONE HAND ON THE THROTTLES. IN COMPLYING WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REQUEST, SHE INADVERTENTLY HIT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WHILE REACHING FOR THE THROTTLES. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR TO RETRACT. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT I.E PROP AND BELLY SKIN. AIRCRAFT IS GOING TO UNDERGO PROP STOPPAGE INSPECTION.

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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