# Incident 20150529010419I: Piper PA-28RT-201, Fort Pierce, FL, May 29, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2015, 08:25 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2878U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2878U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150529010419I

## Narrative

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

THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A PART 61 TRAINING FLIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE PERFORMING A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 10R WITH THE STUDENT AT THE CONTROLS. THE PREVAILING WIND WAS 11O DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS.

THE WIND DIRECTION WAS NOW DETECTED AS COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ACFT. PRIOR TO THE TAKE-OFF DEPARTURE ROLL. DURING THE TAKEOFF DEPARTURE ROLL AND AT APPROXIMATELY 60 KTS INDICATED AIRSPEED , THE ACFT. ROLLED AGGRESSIVELY TO THE RIGHT WHILE THE ACFT. WAS STILL ON THE RUNWAY. THE SOUND OF THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY WAS ALSO HEARD. THE STUDENT ASSUMING THAT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR WAS COLLAPSING, DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE TAKE-OFF; LIFTING THE ACFT. OFF THE RUNWAY UNTIL IT BECAME AIRBORNE APPROXIMATELY 1O FEET AGL. THE LANDING GEAR WAS NEVER RETRACTED OR EXTENDED BY THE INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT DURING THE ENTIRETY OF THIS INCIDENT.

THE INSTRUCTOR ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE ACFT AND LANDED. INSTRUCTOR THEN NOTIFIED THE TOWER OF A POSSIBLE LANDING GEAR PROBLEM AND DID NOT NEED EMERGENCY SERVICES. ACFT. TAXIED OFF RUNWAY 10 UNDER ITS OWN POWER.

INSTRUCTOR FILED AN ASAP REPORT UPON RETURNING TO THE OFFICE.

## Other reports on N2878U (1)

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

- [Incident 20170120004219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170120004219I), Jan 20, 2017: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N2878U), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. N2878U was in the pattern being flown on a CFI flight examination for an airplane single engine certificate. After several times around the pattern the pilot…

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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