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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201T · Pensacola, FL · July 19, 2009

Date
July 19, 2009 · 14:57 local
Place
Pensacola, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3989M
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,640 total1,513 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated that he was cleared to land. He was second behind a Cessna with two aircraft behind him. When he was cleared to land he went through the landing checklist and stopped at the point of lowering the landing gear. He did not want to slow too much because of the traffic behind him. He stated when he was about three quarters of a mile from the end of the runway he resumed his landing checklist. Instead of starting where he left off, the landing gear, he started with setting the flaps. He did not know anything was wrong untill he heard a ping sound, as if a rock had hit the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND. HE WAS SECOND BEHIND A CESSNA WITH TWO AIRCRAFT BEHIND HIM. WHEN HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND HE WENT THROUGH THE LANDING CHECKLIST AND STOPPED AT THE POINT OF LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR. HE DID NOT WANT TO SLOW TOO MUCH BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC BEHIND HIM. HE STATED WHEN HE WAS ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY HE RESUMED HIS LANDING CHECKLIST. INSTEAD OF STARTING WHERE HE LEFT OFF, THE LANDING GEAR, HE STARTED WITH SETTING THE FLAPS. HE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING WAS WRONG UNTILL HE HEARD A PING SOUND, AS IF A ROCK HAD HIT THE PROPELLER.