# Incident 20080924855489I: Piper PA28R201, Jacksonville, FL, September 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2008, 18:05 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3986M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3986M-2018-06-08) (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: 447 total, 78 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080924855489I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2008, AT 1805 EDT, A PIPER PA-28R-201, N3986M, REGISTERED TO DELTA CONNECTION ACADEMY INC., EXPERIENCED A GEAR-UP LANDING UPON LANDING AT CRAIG FIELD, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA WHILE ON A PART 141 TRAINING FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 AT 1645 HOURS.  THE STUDENT WAS PERFORMING AN EMERGENCY APPROACH AND LANDING PROCEDURE.  THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT, AS A RESULT OF LOCAL TRAFFIC, ATC DIRECTED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLY A NON-STANDARD TRAFFIC PATTERN.  THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT THEY DID NOT HEAR THE UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION WARNING UNTIL AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD COME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN AUXILIARY GEAR WARNING HORN THAT WAS FOUND TO BE INTERMITTENT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE RUNWAY AND THE GEAR SYSTEM WAS FUNCTIONALLY TESTED.  THE STANDARD GEAR UNSAFE INDICATIONS WERE FOUND TO BE OPERATIONAL.

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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