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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Akron, OH · August 31, 2011

Date
August 31, 2011 · 12:00 local
Place
Akron, OH
Airport
Akron Fulton International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
JU8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N644KS
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
557 total20 in this make and model134 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

While doing touch and go's at akr, on the third one PIC inadvertantly put up the gear and aircraft was not ready to fly. privacy data omitted Saw what was transpiring and put the gear handle in the down posistion but it was to no avail. Aircraft's left main was down and the right main and nose were in the gear well and aircraft skidded to stop. No injuries. Minor damage to aircraft including prop strike on both engines.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE DOING TOUCH AND GO'S AT AKR, ON THE THIRD ONE PIC INADVERTANTLY PUT UP THE GEAR AND AIRCRAFT WAS NOT READY TO FLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAW WHAT WAS TRANSPIRING AND PUT THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSISTION BUT IT WAS TO NO AVAIL. AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN WAS DOWN AND THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE WERE IN THE GEAR WELL AND AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO STOP. NO INJURIES. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT INCLUDING PROP STRIKE ON BOTH ENGINES.