# Incident 20110509010199I: Piper PA-28R-201, Valkaria, FL, May 9, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2011, 16:54 local time
- Place: Valkaria, FL
- Airport: Valkaria
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9609° N, 80.5583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VALKARIA (X59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9609&lon=-80.5583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5981V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5981V-2018-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,596 total, 62 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110509010199I

## Narrative

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

DURING EMERGENCY (SIMULATED) ENGINE OUT LANDINGS AND HAVING ALREADY PERFORMED THREE WITHOUT INCIDENT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALS THE STUDENT MAY HAVE BECOME SOMEWHAT DISORIENTED AND WAS HAVING TROUBLE JUDGING BASE TURNS ON DOWNWIND MANEUVERS. THE PILOT AFTER INSTRUCTION INITIATED ANOTHER FAILED ENGINE, THE STUDENT THEN ESTABLISHED THE BEST GLIDE SPEED AND WHILE CALLING OUT THE MEMORY ITEMS DID NOT ENSURE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS BUT COULDN'T BE SURE. THE PIC FINALLY TOOK CONTROL JUST BEFORE THE 1000 FT MARKERS; NEITHER CREW MEMBERS HEARD THE GEAR WARNING HORN AS STATED. THE SPEED AT TOUCHDOWN WAS SLOW AND THE PLANE SLID APPROXIMATELY 150-200 FEET FROM CENTER TO REST, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDER FUSELAGE AND MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED AS REQUIRED & A FERRY PERMIT WAS REQUESTED TO TRANSPORT THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO BASE.

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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