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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301 · Somerset, PA · November 3, 2015

Date: November 3, 2015 · 11:30 local
Place: Somerset, PA
Airport: Somerset County
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N400GF
Reported as: Piper PA-32R-301
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 214 total7 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N400GFRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-301S/N 32R-8613002 · Built 1985 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-301 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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11/03/2015 K2G9, N400GF a Piper PA32R saratoga, landed on runway 25 with the landing gear retracted. The pilot and flight instructor were on a training flight. The pilot advised that he had forgotten to extend the landing gear and the instructor did not observe that it had not been extended. When the aircraft was raised to remove it from the runway, the gear handle was moved to the down position, the gear extended without assistance, and was pushed to the locked position. No airworthiness issues were noted. The aircraft was towed to a storage hanger. The aircraft had minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

11/03/2015 K2G9, N400GF A PIPER PA32R SARATOGA, LANDED ON RUNWAY 25 WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. THE PILOT ADVISED THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND THE INSTRUCTOR DID NOT OBSERVE THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED TO REMOVE IT FROM THE RUNWAY, THE GEAR HANDLE WAS MOVED TO THE DOWN POSITION, THE GEAR EXTENDED WITHOUT ASSISTANCE, AND WAS PUSHED TO THE LOCKED POSITION. NO AIRWORTHINESS ISSUES WERE NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A STORAGE HANGER. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE.