# Incident 20091023050639I: Piper PA-28R-180, Lake Wales, FL, October 23, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2009, 13:00 local time
- Place: Lake Wales, FL
- Airport: Lake Wales Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: TN4S
- Location: 27.8932° N, 81.6215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE WALES MUNI (X07), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8932&lon=-81.6215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3882T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3882T-2021-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 35 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091023050639I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 23, 2009, AIRCRAFT N3382T, SERIAL NUMBER 28R-30209 LANDED ON RUNWAY 17 AT THE LAKE WALES AIRPORT WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, LEFT AND RIGHT FLAPS, NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS, AND THE FUSELAGE LOWER SECTION.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 HOURS, AN INSPECTOR FROM THIS OFFICE INTERVIEWED THE PILOT IN COMMAND, MR. GEORGE MANUAL ZAMORA AT THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT.  DURING THE INTERVIEW, MR. ZAMORA STATED THAT HE WAS INSTRUCTING HIS STUDENT, MR. DANIEL MALO IRIATE HOW TO CONDUCT TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS.  ON THE FIFTH LANDING, HE PLACED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION AND VERIFIED THAT THE THREE GREEN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATE.  ON FINAL APPROACH, HE SELECTED 25% FLAPS AND INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO LAND SOFT WHEN PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY.  ON OCTOBER 27, 2009 AN AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT MECHANIC PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM; NO MALFUNCTION OR DISCREPANCY WAS IDENTIFIED.

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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