# Incident 20061114027079I: Piper PA28RT201, Plymouth, FL, November 14, 2006 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 14, 2006, 17:00 local time - Place: Plymouth, FL - Airport: Orlanda Country Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 28.6922° N, 81.5473° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plymouth, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6922&lon=-81.5473&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2895L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2895L) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-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 PA28RT201 - Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC* - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 569 total, 63 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061114027079I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON NOVEMBER 14, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 HOURS LOCAL TIME, A PIPER ARROW IV, REGISTRATION N2895L, CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AT ORLANDO, APOPKA AIRPORT (X04) WITH THE LANDING GEAR UNINTENTIONALLY IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT IN COMMAND WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ . THE PILOT TRAINEE WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ . THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND FLAPS. IN TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS WITH THE CREW, THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THEY BECAME PRE-OCCUPIED ATTEMPTING TO WORK AMONGST A BI-DIRECTIONAL TRAFFIC PATTERN AT THIS UNCONTROLLED FIELD. IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SAFELY SEQUENCE THEMSELVES FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 15, THEY BECAME DISTRACTED AND OVERLOOKED THE EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR. REALIZING WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT TOUCHDOWN, THE CREW ADDED POWER, FLEW BACK TO THEIR BASE AT ORLANDO EXECUTIVE, AND MADE A NORMAL LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR AND TRAINEE STATED THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN DID NOT ACTIVATE. THE INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL A WEEK LATER. ## Other reports on N2895L (4) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20120904021049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120904021049I), Sep 4, 2012: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N2895L), Appleton, WI, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Private pilot 3452258, was the pilot in command of N2895L when it departed the taxiway and impacted a taxi sign at the intersection of n… - [Incident 20051108026699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051108026699I), Nov 8, 2005: Piper PA28RT201 (N2895L), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot advised that he failed to lower his landing gear because the majority of his 335 flight hrs was flying fixed landing gear aircraft. FAA… - [Incident 20050325005879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050325005879I), Mar 25, 2005: Piper PA28RT201 (N2895L), Winston Salem, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was on a flight from orlando exec. To Winston-Salem, NC in Piper N2895L. Most of the flight was in IMC conditions at 9000'. The pilot was cleared… - [Incident 20001222036479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001222036479I), Dec 22, 2000: Piper PA28RT201 (N2895L), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Incident occurred while performing touch and go landings for a complex aircraft sign off. Upon downwind for the second approach, pilot started prelanding… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.