20050430008389I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Okeechobee, FL · April 30, 2005

Date
April 30, 2005 · 16:00 local
Place
Okeechobee, FL
Airport
Okeechobee County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N285PA
Reported as
Piper PA28R201
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
488 total120 in this make and model41 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) An instructor and student were practicing landing at Okeechobee airport in a PA-28R, N285PA. The planned landing was a 180 degree accuracy landing, during the approach the student was high and fast and the instructor changed the landing to a soft field landing. As the aircraft was about to touch down an unknown person made a radio call advising them their landing gear was not down. The instructor took the controls and attempted a go around. During the go around the aircraft propeller made contact with the runway. The instructor elected to fly the aircraft back to home base, fort pierce, Florida. They made an uneventful landing at fort pierce.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AN INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE PRACTICING LANDING AT OKEECHOBEE AIRPORT IN A PA-28R, N285PA. THE PLANNED LANDING WAS A 180 DEGREE ACCURACY LANDING, DURING THE APPROACH THE STUDENT WAS HIGH AND FAST AND THE INSTRUCTOR CHANGED THE LANDING TO A SOFT FIELD LANDING. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN AN UNKNOWN PERSON MADE A RADIO CALL ADVISING THEM THEIR LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS AND ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND. DURING THE GO AROUND THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE INSTRUCTOR ELECTED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO HOME BASE, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA. THEY MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT FORT PIERCE.