# Incident 20071211828559I: Piper PA28R201, Hollister, CA, December 11, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2007, 14:57 local time
- Place: Hollister, CA
- Airport: Hollister Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NZDS
- Location: 36.8933° N, 121.4103° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOLLISTER MUNI (CVH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8933&lon=-121.4103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2496M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2496M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 150 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071211828559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING POWER-OFF 180 DEGREE ACCURACY LANDINGS. ON THIS OCCASION THE LANDING GEAR AUTO EXTEND OVERRIDE WAS NOT USED. IN THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATEMENT IT APPEARS THAT THEY NORMALLY PRACTICED THIS MANEUVER USING THE OVERRIDE FEATURE. THIS ACTION MAY HAVE CAUSED SOME CONFUSION BETWEEN THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT. IN HIS STATEMENT THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THE LANDING GEAR "DID" AUTO EXTEND WHEN THE POWER WAS REDUCED TO IDLE. HE ALSO STATES THREE GREEN LIGHTS WERE OBSERVED ON THE TURN FROM BASE TO FINAL, AS HE PUT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION WITH NO SOUND OF THE GEAR WARNING HORN. THE STUDENT STATES, DURING HIS TURN FROM BASE TO FINAL HE OBSERVED THREE GREEN LIGHTS, NO RED LIGHTS AND HE DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN. HE ALSO STATES HE DID NOT VERIFY THE LANDING GEAR LEVER POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION AND WITH THE LANDING GEAR LEVER ALSO IN THE UP POSITION.

## Other reports on N2496M (1)

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

- [Incident 19790208005589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790208005589I), Feb 8, 1979: Piper PA28R200 (N2496M), Danielson, CT, Minor damage. Hard landing caused aircraft to run off side 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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