# Incident 20111022024939I: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD, Monticello, IA, October 22, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2011, 11:00 local time
- Place: Monticello, IA
- Airport: Monticello Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GV8S
- Location: 42.2204° N, 91.1633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTICELLO RGNL (MXO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2204&lon=-91.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1866S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1866S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB-20 TRINIDAD
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 344 total, 33 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111022024939I

## Narrative

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

DURING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE, WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, WAS GIVEN TO THE STUDENT. DUE TO OTHER AIR TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, AND THE ENGINE FAILURE SCENARIO, THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR BECAME DISTRACTED AND FAILED TO REALIZE THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED. THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED AND SLIDING APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST. THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WAS WORKING PROPERLY, AS STATED BY THE PILOT.

## Other reports on N1866S (1)

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

- [Incident 20120620012549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120620012549I), Jun 20, 2012: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (N1866S), Dubuque, IA, Minor damage. When the instructor and student landed the aircraft, the nose landing gear was not fully extended. The aircraft settled on it's nose, damaging the lower…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; 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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