# Incident 20070516008089I: Piper PA34200, Phoenix, AZ, May 16, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2007, 21:30 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Williams Gateway Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: RZ0S
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80WA-2018-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (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 PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 503 total, 56 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070516008089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INSTRUCTING BOTH TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN ADDITION TO EMERGENCY LANDING PROCEDURES DURING NIGHT TIME OPERATIONS WITH STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DURING FINAL APPROACH AND DESCENT ONTO RUNWAY 30 RIGHT, INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTICED THAT STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD NOT SELECTED THE GEAR-DOWN SELECTOR TO EXTEND THIS AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL DESCENT FOR TOUCHDOWN ONTO RUNWAY 30 RIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPLAINED TO THIS INSPECTOR THAT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE THE DECISION TO DELAY SAYING ANYTHING TO STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO SEE IE HE WOULD NOTICE THE GEAR HAD NOT BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE GEAR DOWN POSITION FOR LANDING. WITHIN SECONDS THE AIRCRAFT HAD DESCENDED CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE RUNWAY WHEN BOTH PROPELLER'S HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE HARD SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY. BOTH INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FELT THE PROPELLERS MAKE CONTACT WITH THE HARD SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY AND PULLED THE AIRCRAFT UP IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZING THE FACT THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED FOR LANDING. INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE ONE COMPLETE GO AROUND, EXTENDED LANDING GEAR AND LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N80WA (2)

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

- [Incident 20001013016689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001013016689I), Oct 13, 2000: Piper PA34200 (N80WA), Ormond Beach, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Flight instructor checking out rental pilot landed on runway 35 omn with crosswinds and wind gusts 18 to 24 knots. After touchdown a/c veered left and…
- [Incident 19990412039339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990412039339I), Apr 12, 1999: Piper PA34200 (N80WA), Bunnell, FL, Minor damage. 1. PIC instructor advised landing normal, nose gear collasped. 2. Student and pilot advised aircraft landed on nose gear first. 3. FAA inspection of runway…

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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