# Incident 20160323002529I: Piper PA-28RT-201, Midland, VA, March 23, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2016, 12:45 local time
- Place: Midland, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 38.5985° N, 77.7190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5985&lon=-77.7190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9PN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9PN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160323002529I

## Narrative

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

RESPONDED TO HWY AND FOUND THE AIRCRAFT WITH ALL THREE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED AT A TIE DOWN SPOT.  THE CFI  AND STUDENT PILOT  WERE STANDING BY AT THE AIRCRAFT.  THE CFI PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:

" I FLEW WITH MY STUDENT  TO THE WARRENTON AIRPORT TO WORK ON COMMERCIAL LANDINGS. WE FLEW 3 TIMES IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ( 3 TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS) WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE FINAL APPROACH THAT WE MADE WAS AN ACCURACY LANDING. WE WERE ON THE DOWNWIND AT MIDFIELD WHEN I CALLED THE LANDING CHECKLIST.  MY STUDENT WENT THRU THE PROMPTS ON THE CHECKLIST.  SINCE THIS WAS TO BE AN ACCURACY LANDING, THE STUDENT PINNED THE GEAR UP TO HOLD INTO POSITION UNTIL HE WAS READY FOR RELEASE.  THE POWER WAS PULLED ALL THE WAY TO IDLE.  THERE WAS NO GEAR WARNING HORN GOING OFF AT THE TIME.  IT APPEARED THAT THE STUDENT HAD PUT HIS HAND ON THE GEAR HANDLE.  FROM MY POSITION THE LIGHTS CANNOT BE SEEN DUE TO THE THROTTLE QUADRANT.  WE CONTINUED INTO GROUND EFFECT.   THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED THEN DRAGGED THE PAVEMENT UNTIL ITS STOP."

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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