# Incident 20160417003919I: Piper PA-28R-201, Adrian, MI, April 17, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2016, 13:00 local time
- Place: Adrian, MI
- Airport: Lenawee County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8676° N, 84.0773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LENAWEE COUNTY (ADG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8676&lon=-84.0773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N531GS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N531GS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-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-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,300 total, 850 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160417003919I

## Narrative

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

A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND A COMMERCIAL CANDIDATE WERE PERFORMING NUMEROUS TOUCH AND GO'S WHILE PRACTICING SHORT AND SOFT FIELD LANDINGS. ON THE FINAL ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY, THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION, THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE CONTACTING THE RUNWAY, THE TAIL WAS SUSPENDED IN THE AIR BY THE HEIGHT OF THE EXTENDED FLAPS AND CABIN DOOR ENTRANCE STEP. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE UNLOCKED AND EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES WITH THE OUTER EDGE OF THE TIRES RESTING ON THE RUNWAY.

INSPECTION OF THE RUNWAY INDICATED THE FOLLOWING, IN SEQUENCE: PROPELLER STIKES, FLAP MARKS, CABIN ENTRANCE STEP MARKS, TRANSPONDER ANTENNA BROKEN OFF, NOSE GEAR DOORS/ENGINE COWL MARKS AND MAIN GEAR TIRE RUBBING MARKS.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED IN THE AIR ON THE RUNWAY, BATTERY POWER WAS APPLIED, THE GEAR HANDLE STILL IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE GEAR EXTENDED TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.

UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT WAS TOWED FROM THE RUNWAY TO THE HANGAR REVILED THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE:

1.  PROPELLER

2.  NOSE GEAR DOORS

3.  LOWER ENGINE COWLING

4.  TRANSPONDER ANTENNA

5.  LOWER FORWARD BELLY RAILS

6.  COMM ANTENNA PUSHED THROUGH BELLY

SKIN

7.  LEFT AND RIGHT INBOARD FLAP TRAILING

EDGES

8.  CABIN ENTRANCE STEP

NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLIES OR DOORS.  MINOR TIRE RUBBING WAS NOTICED ON THE EDGES OF BOTH TIRES.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN JACKED IN THE AIR AND NUMEROUS GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTIONS WERE PERFORMED.  ALL NORMAL AND EMERGENCY SYSTEMS OPERATED NORMAL.  ALL INDICATIONS AND WARNINGS OPERATED NORMAL.

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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