# Incident 20160313002209I: Piper PA-28R-201, Pahokee, FL, March 13, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2016, 11:30 local time
- Place: Pahokee, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach County Glades Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7850° N, 80.6934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM BEACH COUNTY GLADES (PHK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7850&lon=-80.6934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97PG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97PG-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,225 total, 718 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160313002209I

## Narrative

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

CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WAS INSTRUCTING A STUDENT PILOT THAT HAD PERFORMED 2 SHORT FIELD TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS THAT THE STUDENT WAS ROUGH ON THE CONTROLS. CFI WAS GOING TO DEMONSTRATE HOW TO SET UP AND, ESPECIALLY, HOW TO STABILIZE THE FINAL APPROACH. CFI AND STUDENT STARTED CHECK LIST BUT GEAR WAS DELAYED WHEN CFI AND STUDENT LOST SIGHT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT REACQUIRE AIRCRAFT UNTIL IT WAS TURNING BASE TO FINAL. AT ONE POINT THE STUDENT THOUGHT HE SAW ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON FINAL BUT IT WAS A BOAT ON THE LAKE AND THERE WAS HAZE OVER THE LAKE. THESE TWO CIRCUMSTANCES CAUSED CFI AND STUDENT TO DIVIDE THEIR ATTENTION BETWEEN SEEING AND AVOIDING OTHER AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMING THE BEFORE LANDING CHECK LIST. CFI WAS FLYING AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS ON BASE AND CONTINUED TO INCREASE FLAPS, DEMONSTRATING A STABILIZED APPROACH WITH PROPER AIRSPEED AND GLIDE PATH CONTROL. CFI?S ATTENTION WAS CONCENTRATED ON INSTRUCTION AND BEING SURE THE AIRCRAFT AHEAD CLEARED THE RUNWAY BEFORE LANDING AND THE TOUCHDOWN POINT WAS IDENTIFIED AND BECAUSE IT WAS SHORT FIELD THE CFI KEPT SOME POWER ON TILL TOUCHDOWN, WHICH WAS ON THE SPOT SELECTED. THE CFI AND STUDENT DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN NOR DID THE RED LIGHT COME ON. AIRCRAFT THEN IMPACTED THE RUNWAY CAUSING BOTH PROPELLERS TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT LANDING ON ITS BELLY. NEITHER CFI NOR STUDENT WAS INJURED.

## Other reports on N97PG (2)

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

- [Incident 20180213002559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180213002559I), Feb 13, 2018: Piper PA-28R-201 (N97PG), Pahokee, FL, Minor damage. On February 13, 2018, N97PG was making practice takeoffs and landings at Pahokee airport (kphk), when inadvertently landed without the landing gear extended.…
- [Incident 19960221004759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960221004759I), Feb 21, 1996: Piper PA28R201 (N97PG), Titusville, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: acft was cleared to land on runway 09 at Space center exec airport. Pilot forgot to put landing gear down and landed with the gear up.

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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