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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Lake City, FL · August 25, 2012

Date: August 25, 2012 · 12:00 local
Place: Lake City, FL
Airport: Cannon Creek Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7741P
Reported as: Piper PA-24-250
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total550 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

08/25/2012:Pilot departed Cannon Creek Airport (15FL) and flew to liveoak airport (24J).after fueling the aircraft departed live oak to return to Cannon Creek, while enroute the pilot prematurely extended his landing gear & realizing it was too early he retracted the landing gear. The pilot was on the approach and failed to extend his landing gear, only to discover his error when he saw grass & dirt flying by as he touched down on an unpaved grass runway (9) at Cannon Creek Airport.

As the FAA filed it

08/25/2012:PILOT DEPARTED CANNON CREEK AIRPORT (15FL) AND FLEW TO LIVEOAK AIRPORT (24J).AFTER FUELING THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LIVE OAK TO RETURN TO CANNON CREEK, WHILE ENROUTE THE PILOT PREMATURELY EXTENDED HIS LANDING GEAR & REALIZING IT WAS TOO EARLY HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR.THE PILOT WAS ON THE APPROACH AND FAILED TO EXTEND HIS LANDING GEAR, ONLY TO DISCOVER HIS ERROR WHEN HE SAW GRASS & DIRT FLYING BY AS HE TOUCHED DOWN ON AN UNPAVED GRASS RUNWAY (9) AT CANNON CREEK AIRPORT.