# Accident 20150713012959A: Piper PA-28R-200, Homestead, FL, July 13, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2015, 11:45 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 56AS
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55177, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 400 in this make and model, 500 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150713012959A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. RUNWAY ABRASIONS WERE OBSERVED ALONG THE PATH AND TO WHERE   AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET INTO THE RUNWAY. LANDING GEAR LEVER WAS OBSERVED IN THE UP POSITION. AIRMAN MEGNA, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND AIRCRAFT?S OWNER STATED THAT, THE STUDENT HAD FORGOTTEN TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MENTIONED ALSO THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID HAVE AN AUTOMATIC GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM AND THAT HE HAD DISABLED THE AIRCRAFT AUTOMATIC GEAR EXTENSION OVERRIDE LEVER FOR TRAINING PURPOSES. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THIS WAS DONE WHEN INSTRUCTING STUDENTS SO THAT THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT INADVERTENTLY DEPLOY WHILE PRACTICING MANEUVERS AT LOW SPEEDS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID ALSO THAT HE DID NOT NOTICE ANY AURAL WARNINGS/INDICATIONS THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED DURING THE LANDING HEARING RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N55177 (1)

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

- [Incident 20100219028999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100219028999I), Feb 19, 2010: Piper PA-28R-200 (N55177), West Palm Beach, FL, Minor damage. On approach PIC selected the landing gear to the down position. The nose landing gear did not fully extend, appeared to be hung on the nose gear well. PIC…

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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