# Incident 20040925026539I: Piper PA34200, Indianapolis, IN, September 25, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2004, 12:30 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis Terry Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15886, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15886-2012-08-08) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 108 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040925026539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR MADE LANDING WHILE DEMONSTRATING MULTI-ENGINE PROCEDURES TO STUDENT. THIS WAS FIRST FLIGHT OF INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENT IN MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT. INSTRUCTOR (IN RIGHT SEAT) DECIDED TO MAKE LANDING A TOUCH AND GO WITHOUT PRE-BRIEFING TOUCH AND TO PROCEDURES TO STUDENT IN LEFT SEAT. DURING LANDING ROLL, INSTRUCTOR ASKED STUDENT TO RETRACT FLAPS. INSTEAD STUDENT MOVED GEAR HANDLE TO UP POSITION. DESPITE RETURNING GEAR HANDLE TO DOWN POSITION BY INSTRUCTOR, RIGHT MAIN GEAR DID RETRACT AT ABOUT 60 KNOTS AT ABOUT THE 1,200 TO 1,500 FOOT POINT FROM RUNWAY THRESHOLD. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO RIGHT SIDE OF AND OFF RUNWAY. RIGHT WING DID CONTACT ONE RUNWAY LIGHT AS IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT DOES NOT HAVE TOE BRAKES ON RIGHT PILOT POSITION. STUDENT COUNSELED ON SEP 28, 2004. INSTRUCTOR COUNSELED ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2004. IT APPEARS FACTORS THAT CAUSED INCIDENT WERE: LACK OF FAMILIARIZATION BY STUDENT OF AIRCRAFT CONTROLS, STUDENT HAD NO PREVIOUS INSTRUCTION IN EITHER MULTI-ENGINE OR COMPLEX AIRCRAFT WITH A TOTAL OF ONLY 147 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME, FAILURE BY INSTRUCTOR TO BRIEF STUDENT ON TOUCH AND GO PROCEDURES, LAST MINUTE DECISION BY INSTRUCTOR TO INITIATE TOUCH AND GO LANDING. INSTRUCTOR ADVISED TO CONSIDER NOT ACCOMPLISHING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ESPECIALLY WITH LOW TIME PILOTS AND THAT A COMPLEX AIRCRAFT CHECKOUT AND SIGN OFF WOULD BE APPROPRIATE PRIOR TO INITIATING MULT-ENGINE INSTRUCTION. INSTRUCTOR WAS VERY RECEPTIVE TO SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS. NO FURTHER ACTION TO BE TAKEN WITH INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT. REQUEST MADE BY ASI TO REPAIR SHOP TO ACCOMPLISH GEAR RETRACTION CHECK PRIOR TO REPAIRS TO VERIFY GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM AND SAFETY SQUAT SWITCH OPERATING NORMALLY. GEAR RETRACTIONS ACCOMPLISHED ON APPROXIMATELY OCTOBER 2, 2004. WITH WEIGHT ON GEAR WHEN GEAR HANDLE SELECTED UP THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED AND GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. LANDING GEAR SQUAT SWITCH ON LEFT MAIN GEAR ONLY. APPROXIMATELY 1/4 INCH BEFORE FULL STRUT EXTENSION THE SWITCH CLOSED AND GEAR RETRACTED. WITNESS STATED THAT LEFT WING ROSE DURING LANDING PRIOR TO RIGHT GEAR RETRACTING.

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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