# Incident 20040921025369I: Piper PA28R201, Fort Meade, MD, September 21, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2004, 18:00 local time
- Place: Fort Meade, MD
- Airport: Tipton Apt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JVLA
- Location: 39.1057° N, 76.7433° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Meade, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1057&lon=-76.7433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47498, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47498) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 252 total, 36 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040921025369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (INSTRUCTOR) AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (COMMERCIAL STUDENT) WERE DOING A SOFT FIELD LANDING TO A FULL STOP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT, THEY SET UP FOR THE APPROACH, ON FINAL TO RUNWAY 28 THEY CONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR A SHORT FIELD LANDING. HE SAID, THAT THE AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE AND POWER SETTINGS ALL SEEMED NORMAL FOR A GEAR DOWN FULL FLAP 70 KNOT APPROACH. THEY FLARED, CARRIED SOME POWER FOR ALTITUDE CONTROL. THE POWER WAS REDUCED AND THEY SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY WITH NO GEAR EXTENDED AT THAT POINT. THEY SKIDDED STRAIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR A SHORT TIME. THEN THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY FACING TO THE LEFT AT ABOUT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED, THAT THEY SHUT OFF THE FUEL, THEY TURNED OFF THE MASTER AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. HE ALSO NOTED THAT, NOTHING WAS LEAKING SO HE LOOKED IN THE COCKPIT TO SEE WHAT POSITION THE GEAR LEVER WAS IN, AND IT WAS IN THE GEAR DOWN POSITION.

## Other reports on N47498 (1)

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

- [Incident 19801225088039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801225088039I), Dec 25, 1980: Piper PA28R200 (N47498), Covington, CA, Minor damage. Failed to extend gear before landing.

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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