20070730016159I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201T · Van Nuys, CA · July 30, 2007

Date
July 30, 2007 · 13:07 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N510DR
Reported as
Piper PA28R201T
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,300 total175 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Purpose of flight was to accomplish a flight reveiw for privacy data omitted, pvt pilot & privacy data omitted. Aircraft flight from cma to vny. Aircraft pilots requested a close-in downwind for runway 16R at vny. The vny control tower advised aircraft to make a close-in approach for runway 16R. During the quick descent, while turning a 180 degree turn, privacy data omitted (student) reduced power, confirmed mixture and prop controls forward. privacy data omitted (Instructor pilot), monitored airspeed to avoid a stall-spin situation. On turn to final and subsequent flare, instructor pilot privacy data omitted noticed that the gear lights were not lit. As instructor pilot privacy data omitted was reacting, the aircraft contacted the runway, with the landing gear in the up position.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PURPOSE OF FLIGHT WAS TO ACCOMPLISH A FLIGHT REVEIW FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PVT PILOT & ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIRCRAFT FLIGHT FROM CMA TO VNY. AIRCRAFT PILOTS REQUESTED A CLOSE-IN DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 16R AT VNY. THE VNY CONTROL TOWER ADVISED AIRCRAFT TO MAKE A CLOSE-IN APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 16R. DURING THE QUICK DESCENT, WHILE TURNING A 180 DEGREE TURN, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (STUDENT) REDUCED POWER, CONFIRMED MIXTURE AND PROP CONTROLS FORWARD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (INSTRUCTOR PILOT), MONITORED AIRSPEED TO AVOID A STALL-SPIN SITUATION. ON TURN TO FINAL AND SUBSEQUENT FLARE, INSTRUCTOR PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTICED THAT THE GEAR LIGHTS WERE NOT LIT. AS INSTRUCTOR PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS REACTING, THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION.