# Incident 20050430008389I: Piper PA28R201, Okeechobee, FL, April 30, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2005, 16:00 local time
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Airport: Okeechobee County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2666° N, 80.8504° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OKEECHOBEE COUNTY (OBE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2666&lon=-80.8504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N285PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N285PA-2007-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 488 total, 120 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050430008389I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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