# Incident 20070523010449I: Piper PA28R201, Murfreesboro, TN, May 23, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2007, 18:50 local time
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Airport: Murfreesboro Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8787° N, 86.3775° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MURFREESBORO MUNI (MBT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8787&lon=-86.3775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124MT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N124MT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-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 PA28R201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 213 total, 34 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070523010449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PRACTICING MULTIPLE POWER-OFF 180 DEGREE ACCURACY APPROACH AND LANDINGS, THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, FLAPS, AND GEAR DOORS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER COMPLETING APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS, AND BELIEVES THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY A RADIO CALL FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ENTERING THE UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN JUST PRIOR TO COMPLETING HIS CHECKLIST ITEMS. THE PILOT STATED THAT, DUE TO HIS PERFORMING NUMEROUS TRAFFIC PATTERNS WHILE PRACTICING, HE HAD BEEN COMPLETING THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST ITEMS BY MEMORY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN APPROVED MANUFACTURERS, AND APPROVED PILOT SCHOOL, COCKPIT CHECKLIST. THE PILOT DID NOT REMEMBER HEARING THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN. A MICROSWITCH IN THE PA-28R-201 THROTTLE QUADRANT WILL ACTIVATE THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WHEN THE GEAR IS UP AND POWER IS REDUCED BELOW 14 INCHES OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE.

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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