What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On 09/22/2005 at 2158 local time a Piper arrow owned by the wpafb aero club performed a gear-up night landing at the wpafb. The instructor & student (a high time af pilot) were not injured. The student was executing a simulated engine-out landing. Since the student over extended the downwind portion of the approach, he misjudged the landing. He realized that they would not make the runway, verified the fact with the instructor, then added power to continue the approach. He elected not to lower the flaps for landing because of the excessively long runway. Neither the student nor the instructor verified the position of the landing gear, which was still in the up position. As the student flared for landing, they realized when the prop hit the ground & stopped that the landing gear was not down. The aircraft sustained minor damage.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON 09/22/2005 AT 2158 LOCAL TIME A PIPER ARROW OWNED BY THE WPAFB AERO CLUB PERFORMED A GEAR-UP NIGHT LANDING AT THE WPAFB. THE INSTRUCTOR & STUDENT (A HIGH TIME AF PILOT) WERE NOT INJURED. THE STUDENT WAS EXECUTING A SIMULATED ENGINE-OUT LANDING. SINCE THE STUDENT OVER EXTENDED THE DOWNWIND PORTION OF THE APPROACH, HE MISJUDGED THE LANDING. HE REALIZED THAT THEY WOULD NOT MAKE THE RUNWAY, VERIFIED THE FACT WITH THE INSTRUCTOR, THEN ADDED POWER TO CONTINUE THE APPROACH. HE ELECTED NOT TO LOWER THE FLAPS FOR LANDING BECAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVELY LONG RUNWAY. NEITHER THE STUDENT NOR THE INSTRUCTOR VERIFIED THE POSITION OF THE LANDING GEAR, WHICH WAS STILL IN THE UP POSITION. AS THE STUDENT FLARED FOR LANDING, THEY REALIZED WHEN THE PROP HIT THE GROUND & STOPPED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.
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