# Incident 20151003021739I: Piper PA-28R-200, Lakeway, TX, October 3, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2015, 10:18 local time
- Place: Lakeway, TX
- Airport: Lakeway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3548° N, 97.9859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeway, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3548&lon=-97.9859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55786, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55786) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151003021739I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 34 AT LAKEWAY AIRPORT (3R9). ONE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. WEATHER WAS VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS. PILOT STATED HE WAS ONLY AIRBORNE 15 MINUTES.

PILOT STATED THE INCIDENT WAS PROBABLY HIS FAULT, BUT HE COULD NOT CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT HE HAD PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN. HE ADMITTED TO NOT VERIFYING GEAR-DOWN INDICATIONS PRIOR TO LANDING. ASI OBSERVED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION. WITNESSES STATED THE FLAPS WERE DOWN BUT THE GEAR WAS UP. WITNESS ALSO STATED HE WAS GOING TOO FAST.

PILOT STATED HE WAS NOT AWARE THE AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM WHICH EXTENDS GEAR AUTOMATICALLY BELOW 87 KIAS AND LESS THAN 14? MANIFOLD PRESSURE. IF THE SYSTEM WAS ACTIVE, THEN PILOT?S AIRSPEED WAS TOO FAST.

PILOT HAD JUST PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT 3-DAYS PRIOR AND FLEW IT BACK FROM INDIANA. HE RECEIVED A BRIEF AIRCRAFT CHECK OUT, CONSISTING OF SOME AIRWORK AND THREE LANDINGS. HE WAS NOT ADEQUATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.

PILOT ADMITTED TO A 3-YEAR BREAK IN FLYING AND HAD AN EXPIRED 61.56 FLIGHT REVIEW.

THE PILOT HAD SEVERAL RECENT SIGNIFICANT LIFE EVENTS AND WAS PROBABLY NOT IN THE BEST FRAME OF MIND TO BE FLYING.

## Other reports on N55786 (2)

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

- [Accident 19911207055129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911207055129A), Dec 7, 1991: Piper PA28R200 (N55786), Piqua, OH, Substantial damage. Sudden high sink rate on short final. Impacted short of threshold struck raised pavement. Folded landing gear.
- [Accident 19880520018809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880520018809A), May 20, 1988: Piper PA28R200 (N55786), Terre Haute, IN, Substantial damage. Unable retract gear and unsafe light. No manual lock down. Collapsed landing. Gear motor out. Downlocks not lubed.

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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