# Incident 20110831020369I: Piper PA-28R-200, Livermore, CA, August 31, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2011, 20:21 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: N/A
- Location: 37.6934° N, 121.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVERMORE MUNI (LVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6934&lon=-121.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1455X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1455X) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,392 total, 66 in this make and model, 157 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110831020369I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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