# Incident 20070907020789I: Piper PA32R300, Sanford, NC, September 7, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2007, 16:40 local time
- Place: Sanford, NC
- Airport: Sanford-Lee County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FFKA
- Location: 35.4799° N, 79.1803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4799&lon=-79.1803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333TG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N333TG-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,050 total, 450 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070907020789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS TEACHING A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT EMERGENCIES ON LANDING AND DELAYED THE GEARS DOWN STEP IN THE LANDING CHECKLIST. PILOT REALIZED THE DELAYED STEP UPON LANDING.

## Other reports on N333TG (3)

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

- [Incident 20060106002029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060106002029I), Jan 6, 2006: Piper PA32R300 (N333TG), Raleigh, NC. (-23) Takeoff from rdu was unsuccessful and a cruise altitude of 3,000 feet was established. After a clearance of 4,000 was received a cruise climb was…
- [Accident 20050531012149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050531012149A), May 31, 2005: Piper PA32R300 (N333TG), Ft Myers, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 31, 2005, at 1745 EDT, a Piper PA-32R-300, registered to bellefonte inc., operated by ram air freight inc. (cert #FFKA873D), part 135 on…
- [Incident 20031022026329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031022026329I), Oct 22, 2003: Piper PA32R300 (N333TG), Rock Hill, SC, Minor damage. (-23) On climbout from rockhill SC airport (uza) pilot set climb power and entered left turn. Pilot heard several loud noises from nose of aircraft and saw the…

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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