# Incident 20091021050539I: Piper PA-28R-200, Memphis, TN, October 21, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2009, 08:20 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: General Dewitt Spain
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2007° N, 90.0540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN (M01), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2007&lon=-90.0540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1574X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1574X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 85 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091021050539I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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