# Incident 20061026024069I: Piper PA32R300, Winder, GA, October 26, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2006, 17:45 local time
- Place: Winder, GA
- Airport: Winder-Barrow Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Traffic Pattern
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9916° N, 83.7236° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winder, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9916&lon=-83.7236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N904WR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N904WR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 456 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061026024069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT'S STATEMENT: DESCRIPTION OF EVENT OF 26 OCTOBER: WE (I AND MY CFI) DEPARTED PDK AT APPROXIMATELY 4:45 AND HEADED EAST TOWARDS WDR TO COMPLETE THE FLIGHT PORTION OF MY BFR. AFTER COMPLETING THE AIR-WORK PORTION (STEEP TURNS, CHANDELLES, EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION, ETC) OF THE BFR WITH MY CFI WE PROCEEDED TO WINDER AIRPORT (WDR) IN WINDER, GA TO DO LANDING PRACTICE. THE FIRST LANDING WAS TO BE A TOUCH-AND-GO BUT WAS CHANGED TO A FULL-STOP DUE TO A DEPARTING UH-1 FROM A PARALLEL TAXIWAY ON THE SOUTH-SIDE OF RWY 23. DURING THE TAXI BACK TO RWY 23, THE CFI INSTRUCTED THAT WE WOULD DO A SHORT-FIELD TAKE-OFF FOLLOWED BY A SHORT-FIELD LANDING AND THEN RETURN TO PDK, THE HOME FIELD. THE SHORT-FIELD TAKE-OFF WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE CLIMB-OUT WAS UNEVENTFUL AND THE GEAR WAS RAISED. DURING THE CROSSWIND LEG, THE UH-1 WAS NOTED TO BE PERFORMING AN AUTO-GYRO LANDING ON THE LANDING PAD ADJACENT TO RWY 23 AND WAS CONSIDERED A NON-FACTOR FOR OUR SHORT-FIELD LANDING. AT MID-FIELD ON THE DOWNWIND LEG THE CFI PULLED BACK THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND RPM AND ANNOUNCED "OK YOU HAVE A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE." I ANNOUNCED THE SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE TO THE TRAFFIC ON UNICOM AND THE FLAPS WERE DROPPED TO 25 DEGREES (2 NOTCHES). AT THIS POINT FORWARD I WAS FOCUSED ON ALTITUDE, RATE OF DESCENT, AND DISTANCE FROM THE LANDING THRESHOLD TO RWY 23 TO POSITION THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE SIMULATED ENGINE-OUT LANDING. ON FINAL FULL-FLAPS WERE DEPLOYED TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT AND CONTINUE ON PATH FOR THE RWY THRESHOLD. I BELIEVE THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED FULL RPM AT ABOUT THIS POINT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET +/- PST THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 23 WITH THE GEAR IN THE "UP" POSITION.

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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