# Incident 20090428005349I: Piper PA28R201, Provo, UT, April 28, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2009, 12:45 local time
- Place: Provo, UT
- Airport: Provo Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2192° N, 111.7234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PROVO MUNI (PVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2192&lon=-111.7234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2495M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2495M) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090428005349I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  DURING A PRACTICAL TEST FOR A COMMERCIAL PILOT ASEL, THE APPLICANT WAS INSTRUCTED TO PERFORM A POWER-OFF 180 DEGREE ACCURACY APPROACH AND LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT THE GEAR FULLY EXTENDED AND NOT IN THE LOCKED DOWN POSITION.  WHEN THE FLIGHT SCHOOL DIRECTOR OF FLIGHT  OPERATIONS ARRIVED AT THE AIRCRAFT HE OBSERVED THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED AND THE MASTER SWITCH PLACED IN THE ON POSITION THE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY AND FULLY EXTENDED INTO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.  RUNWAY MARKS INDICATED HEAVY BLACK TIRE MARKING FOR A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE.  EXAMINATION OF THE TIRES REVEALED CONSIDERABLE UNUSUAL WEAR AND DAMAGE TO THE SIDE WALLS.  IT APPEARS SOMEONE ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR TOO LATE IN THE FLAIR WITH ONLY ENOUGH TIME FOR THE MAIN AND NOSE GEAR TO PARTIALLY EXTEND.  A POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND GEAR UNSAFE SYSTEM DETERMINED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL DEFICIENCIES OR FAILURE OF ANY NATURE.  THE APPLICANT AND THE DPE BOTH CLAIM THAT ON DOWNWIND BOTH CONFIRMED GEAR WAS DOWN AND 3 GREEN LIGHTS AND NEVER OBSERVED THE GEAR IN-TRANSIT/UNSAFE LIGHT OR HEARING THE GEAR UNSAFE WARNING HORN.

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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