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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Livermore, CA · August 31, 2011

Date: August 31, 2011 · 20:21 local
Place: Livermore, CA
Airport: Livermore
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: N/A
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1455X
Reported as: Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,392 total66 in this make and model157 in the last 90 days

N1455XRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-7535285 · Built 1975 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Following a series of touch and go maneuvers at byron airport, student and instructor heard a strange sound and observed a small metal protrusion through the upper wing skin. Flight instructor and student observed that left main landing gear green annunciation was not visible. Flight instructor and student operated aircraft to Livermore Airport with gear in down position. They manually extended landing gear and observed 3 green indicators. Aircraft landed at Livermore with no further incident.

As the FAA filed it

FOLLOWING A SERIES OF TOUCH AND GO MANEUVERS AT BYRON AIRPORT, STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR HEARD A STRANGE SOUND AND OBSERVED A SMALL METAL PROTRUSION THROUGH THE UPPER WING SKIN. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT OBSERVED THAT LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR GREEN ANNUNCIATION WAS NOT VISIBLE. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT OPERATED AIRCRAFT TO LIVERMORE AIRPORT WITH GEAR IN DOWN POSITION. THEY MANUALLY EXTENDED LANDING GEAR AND OBSERVED 3 GREEN INDICATORS. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT LIVERMORE WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.