# Incident 20060607010619I: Piper PA34200, Estherville, IA, June 7, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2006, 13:00 local time
- Place: Estherville, IA
- Airport: Estherville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DV8S
- Location: 43.4075° N, 94.7464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESTHERVILLE MUNI (EST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4075&lon=-94.7464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1039U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1039U) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,644 total, 295 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060607010619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT EXAMINER STATED THAT HE WAS DOING A CHECKRIDE FOR A MULTI-ENGINE STUDENT PILOT. THEY WERE LANDING, RUNWAY 34, ESTHERVILLE, IA (EST). THEY WERE PRACTICING A LANDING OVER A FIFTY FOOT OBSTACLE. ON FINAL, THEY WERE DISCUSSING THE LOCATION OF THE OBSTACLE. EXAMINER PILOT STATED THAT THEY PULLED THE POWER OFF AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE BELLY, DAMAGING THE PROPELLERS, A BELLY SKIN AND FLAPS. THE PILOT EXAMINER STATED THAT HE DID NOT REMEMBER HEARING THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN AFTER PULLING OFF THE POWER. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE COULD NOT REMEMBER CHECKING FOR THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS. HE NOTED THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION. SUBSEQUENT TO THE INCIDENT, A MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT HE FOUND THAT THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN OPERATION WAS INTERMITTENT, BUT THE LANDING GEAR POSITION LIGHTS OPERATED CORRECTLY.

## Other reports on N1039U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000725035579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000725035579I), Jul 25, 2000: Piper PA34200 (N1039U), Estherville, IA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft was being operated for training flight. Landings were performed at several locations prior to returning to Estherville, Iowa, airport. After…

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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