# Incident 20151106022069I: Piper PA-28R-200, Edgewater, FL, November 6, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2015, 09:40 local time
- Place: Edgewater, FL
- Airport: Massey Ranch Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9789° N, 80.9248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MASSEY RANCH AIRPARK (X50), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9789&lon=-80.9248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711CV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711CV) (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: 4,400 total, 146 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151106022069I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 0940 ON 11/6/15, THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT, A 1971 PA-28R-200, LANDED GEAR UP ON RWY 36 AT MASSEY RANCH AIRPARK.  THE AIRPLANE HAD TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD, THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT, WITH NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT ON IMPACT WITH THE RUNWAY.  DAMAGE INCLUDED PROPELLER, ENGINE COWLING WRINKLING, AND ANTENNA DAMAGE.  ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT HAND FLAP AND FUSELAGE SUSTAINED WHEN LIFTING IT WITH STRAP ON REMOVAL.   UPON GETTING THE AIRPLANE BACK TO THE HANGAR, MAINTENANCE CREWS JACKED THE AIRCRAFT AND CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR WITH ALL 3 LOWERING AS ADVERTISED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING RENTED FROM FLIGHT TIME BUILDING, LLC BASED OUT OF MASSEY RANCH AIRPARK IN EDGEWATER, FL.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE CFII PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN THE LANDING PATTERN AT MASSEY RANCH AIRPARK (X50).  THEY WERE PRACTICING SOFT FIELD TAKE OFF/LANDINGS AND SHORT FIELD TAKE OFF/LANDINGS.  THE LAST MANEUVER WAS AN EMERGENCY APPROACH AND LANDING TO RWY 36 THAT THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS DEMONSTRATING.  AT OR ABOUT TOUCH DOWN POINT ON DOWNWIND LEG HE RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND HEARD THE LANDING GEAR HORN COME ON.  THEY FOLLOWED THE CHECK LIST AND DELAYED LOWERING THE GEAR TO REDUCE DRAG UNTIL FINAL WHILE PLANNING FOR A NO FLAP LANDING.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID HE WAS SO CONSUMED IN MAKING A SOFT TOUCH DOWN THAT HE FAILED TO DOUBLE CHECK THE GEAR INDICATIONS.  HE FINALLY REALIZED A FEW FEET BEFORE TOUCHED DOWN THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THREE GREEN.  HE QUICKLY PUT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN AT THE TIME HE HEARD A SCRAPING SOUND FROM THE FOOTSTEPS.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 10 FT OFF RUNWAY CENTERLINE. HE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED THE CHECK LIST TO TURN EVERYTHING OFF AND EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT.  HE CALLED THE OPERATOR TO REPORT THE INCIDENT AND PLACED A PHONE CALL TO THE ORLANDO FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE AT 0946.

## Other reports on N711CV (2)

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

- [Incident 20230712014079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230712014079I), Jul 12, 2023: Piper PA-28R-200 (N711CV), Arcadia, FL, Minor damage. PA28R-200, experienced Electrical failure and landed gear up on runway 24 At Arcadia municipal airport (X06). Aircraft was Towed to the ramp.
- [Incident 20130527009129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130527009129I), May 27, 2013: Piper PA-28R-200 (N711CV), Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. The aircraft taxied to the run up area adjacent to runway 7R, pilot performed engine run up. Magneto drop was not normal, pilot canceled flight plan and…

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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