20050101000789I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Paris, TN · January 1, 2005

Date: January 1, 2005 · 16:30 local
Place: Paris, TN
Airport: Henry County Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7584J
Reported as: Piper PA28R180
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360B1E
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 246 total134 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

N7584JRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-180S/N 28R-30973 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Based on the pilot interview, he flew to Henry County Airport to practice touch and go landings. He had completed three landings and was setting the aircraft up for a short field landing. While configuring the aircraft for this landing he neglected to lower the landing gear and made an inadvertent gear up landing. The aircraft slid straight down the centerline of the runway and came to a full stop without any injuries. The pilot shut off all the switches and walked to the FBO (which was closed) and called 911.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) BASED ON THE PILOT INTERVIEW, HE FLEW TO HENRY COUNTY AIRPORT TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. HE HAD COMPLETED THREE LANDINGS AND WAS SETTING THE AIRCRAFT UP FOR A SHORT FIELD LANDING. WHILE CONFIGURING THE AIRCRAFT FOR THIS LANDING HE NEGLECTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND MADE AN INADVERTENT GEAR UP LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SLID STRAIGHT DOWN THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A FULL STOP WITHOUT ANY INJURIES. THE PILOT SHUT OFF ALL THE SWITCHES AND WALKED TO THE FBO (WHICH WAS CLOSED) AND CALLED 911.