# Incident 20090224003619I: Piper PA28R180, New Smyrna Bea, FL, February 24, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2009, 12:30 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Bea, FL
- Airport: New Smyrna Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0557° N, 80.9489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW SMYRNA BEACH MUNI (JACK BOLT FLD) (EVB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0557&lon=-80.9489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7423J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7423J-2018-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 763 total, 39 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090224003619I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PRACTICE A 180 DEGREE ACCURACY APPROACH AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 2 AT NEW SMYRNA BEACH AIRPORT, NEW SMYRNA, FLORIDA, STUDENT FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR AND INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED UNTIL VERY CLOSE TO TOUCHDOWN.  INSTRUCTOR INITIATED GO-AROUND, BUT NOT IN SUFFICIENT TIME TO PREVENT PROPELLER TIPS FROM STRIKING RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, AND DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER.  SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT BY FAA PERSONNEL REVEALED THE GEAR UNSAFE WARNING HORN DID NOT OPERATE WITH THE THROTTLE CLOSED OR WITH FLAPS SET TO 25 DEGREES.  EITHER OR BOTH CONDITIONS SHOULD ACTIVATE THE HORN.  THE HORN DID OPERATE WITH THE FLAPS EXTENDED BEYOND 25 DEGREES.  THE OWNER/OPERATOR WAS ADVISED OF THIS DISCREPANCY AND ADVISED THAT IT MUST BE CORRECTED PRIOR TO RETURNING THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.  BOTH STUDENT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE GIVEN REMEDIAL TRAINING BY THE 141 PILOT SCHOOL WITH WHICH THEY WERE AFFILIATED, AND THE INSTRUCTOR WAS GIVEN A 141 REQUALIFICATION FLIGHT CHECK BY THE SCHOOL’S ASSISTANT CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.  ADDITIONALLY, STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT COUNSELING BY FAA INSPECTORS REGARDING THE INCIDENT.

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