20131219025999I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · North Las Vegas, NV · December 19, 2013

Date
December 19, 2013 · 14:00 local
Place
North Las Vegas, NV
Airport
North Las Vegas
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N711ZB
Reported as
Piper PA-24-250
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,606 total600 in this make and model76 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 conducting a training flight for a private pilot certificate aircraft completed a gear up landing. Instructor pilot stated that during downwind leg ATC cleared aircraft to land but ATC immediately cancelled the landing clearence and told them to extend their downwind leg and allowed a jet holding for IFR clearance to takeoff. Due to this change in procedure the gear was not extedned prior to landing.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE CONDUCTING A TRAINING FLIGHT FOR A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE AIRCRAFT COMPLETED A GEAR UP LANDING. INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED THAT DURING DOWNWIND LEG ATC CLEARED AIRCRAFT TO LAND BUT ATC IMMEDIATELY CANCELLED THE LANDING CLEARENCE AND TOLD THEM TO EXTEND THEIR DOWNWIND LEG AND ALLOWED A JET HOLDING FOR IFR CLEARANCE TO TAKEOFF. DUE TO THIS CHANGE IN PROCEDURE THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTEDNED PRIOR TO LANDING.