# Incident 20090719047789I: Piper PA-28R-201T, Pensacola, FL, July 19, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2009, 14:57 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4410° N, 87.1912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pensacola, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4410&lon=-87.1912&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3989M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3989M-2023-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,640 total, 1,513 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090719047789I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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