# Incident 20150406003069I: Piper PA-32RT-300, Goshen, IN, April 6, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2015, 15:55 local time
- Place: Goshen, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5739° N, 85.8303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Goshen, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5739&lon=-85.8303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39551, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39551) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,780 total, 300 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150406003069I

## Narrative

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

INVESTIGATION OF INCIDENT REVEALED THAT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT HAD COMPLETED A SERIES OF TRAINING MANEUVERS APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTH OF AIRPORT, DURING TRAINING OF THESE MANEUVERS THE AUTOMATIC EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR OVERRIDE SWITCH HAD BEEN ENGAGED AND NOT REENGAGED PRIOR TO RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT FOR ACCURACY LANDINGS PRACTICE.  BOTH PILOTS RECALL SEEING THREE GREEN LIGHTS TO INDICATE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN BUT NEITHER PILOT CHECK THE LANDING GEAR SELECT POSITION.  AFTER LANDING THEY OPTED TO DO A TOUCH AND GO, AT TAKEOFF SPEED THE PILOT STARTED TO PITCH UP AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY, TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED.

## Other reports on N39551 (1)

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

- [Incident 19930413013079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930413013079I), Apr 13, 1993: Piper PA32RT300 (N39551), Battle Creek, MI. Aircraft struck a deer on landing rollout.

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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