20091021050539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Memphis, TN · October 21, 2009

Date: October 21, 2009 · 08:20 local
Place: Memphis, TN
Airport: General Dewitt Spain
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1574X
Reported as: Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 470 total85 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N1574XRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-7535338 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Owner contacted Memphis FSDO by phone to report a gear up landing during routine training with 1 student. Instructor was performing power off landing in the pattern and stated the gear failed when the aircraft touched down. Witnesses from the maintenance shop stated the gear was up when the aircraft landed. The aircraft was towed to the shop and a gear swing was accomplised with normal operation and no defects noted. The gear handle was in the down postion when the aircraft was on the runway. The runway had visable prop strike marks but no visable marks of a landing gear collapse. Aircraft records were inspected and all maintenance requirements were current. There was no histry of landing gear maintenance since the last annual inspection. Accident had no reported injuries and only 2 persons on board. NTSB downgraded this accident to an incident on 10/21/09 by privacy data omitted per telehone conversation with inspector marcel hinrichs and FAA southern comm center.

As the FAA filed it

OWNER CONTACTED MEMPHIS FSDO BY PHONE TO REPORT A GEAR UP LANDING DURING ROUTINE TRAINING WITH 1 STUDENT. INSTRUCTOR WAS PERFORMING POWER OFF LANDING IN THE PATTERN AND STATED THE GEAR FAILED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN. WITNESSES FROM THE MAINTENANCE SHOP STATED THE GEAR WAS UP WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE SHOP AND A GEAR SWING WAS ACCOMPLISED WITH NORMAL OPERATION AND NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSTION WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE RUNWAY. THE RUNWAY HAD VISABLE PROP STRIKE MARKS BUT NO VISABLE MARKS OF A LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE. AIRCRAFT RECORDS WERE INSPECTED AND ALL MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS WERE CURRENT. THERE WAS NO HISTRY OF LANDING GEAR MAINTENANCE SINCE THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION. ACCIDENT HAD NO REPORTED INJURIES AND ONLY 2 PERSONS ON BOARD. NTSB DOWNGRADED THIS ACCIDENT TO AN INCIDENT ON 10/21/09 BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PER TELEHONE CONVERSATION WITH INSPECTOR MARCEL HINRICHS AND FAA SOUTHERN COMM CENTER.