# Incident 20100318029429I: Piper PA-28R-200, Petersburg, VA, March 18, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2010, 13:15 local time
- Place: Petersburg, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2047° N, 77.3924° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Petersburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2047&lon=-77.3924&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8900E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8900E-2011-11-29) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 778 total, 54 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100318029429I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT APPROACHED KPTB WITH THE INTENTION OF ENTERING A DOWNWIND AT A 45° ANGLE AND PRACTICE POWER OFF SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE 180° MANEUVER. HE ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BECOME DISTRACTED FROM REMEMBERING TO SELECT THE GEAR DOWN.  AS HE DESCENDED TO THE RUNWAY, HE HEARD THE PROP, WHICH WAS AT IDLE SPEED, STRIKING THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN SLID ON ITS BELLY RAILS TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N8900E (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20100720043189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100720043189A), Jul 20, 2010: Piper PA-28R-200 (N8900E), New Bern, NC, Destroyed. Scenario: the aircraft had a reduction of engine power at about 400 feet AGL after take off from runway 22 with full length of 6004 feet available. Pilot…
- [Incident 19940225003019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940225003019I), Feb 25, 1994: Piper PA28R200 (N8900E), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Engine quit on final approach. Landed short of runway. Found NR1 intake pushrod was bent.

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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