# Incident 20160510007629I: Piper PA-34-200, Denton, TX, May 10, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2016, 12:15 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Airport: Denton Enterprise Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: W78S
- Location: 33.2020° N, 97.1991° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENTON ENTERPRISE (DTO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2020&lon=-97.1991&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5049T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5049T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,135 total, 330 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160510007629I

## Narrative

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

AFTER PRACTICING MANEUVERS FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT LESSON THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING.

ON THE FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING PHASE OF THE FLIGHT THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE STUDENT AND CORRECTED THE SPEED AND ALTITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT ON SHORT FINAL. AT APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE FINAL THE INSTRUCTOR HAD RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO A STABILIZED APPROACH AND RETURNED THE CONTROLS TO THE STUDENT.

AS THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED GROUND EFFECT ABOVE THE RUNWAY THE STUDENT BEGAN SETTLING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY. AFTER BEING NOTIFIED OF THE GEAR BEING IN THE UP POSITION BY THE TOWER, THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROLS AND ATTEMPTED TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND; HOWEVER, THE PROPELLERS HAD ALREADY IMPACTED THE GROUND AND A GO-AROUND WAS NOT POSSIBLE. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND SLID TO A STOP TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT THEN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, STEPPED OFF THE RUNWAY AND AWAITED THE RESPONSE VEHICLES.

## Other reports on N5049T (2)

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

- [Incident 20120803015729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120803015729I), Aug 3, 2012: Piper PA-34-200 (N5049T), Denton, TX, Minor damage. 5049T had just landed on runway 18 at Denton municipal airport and begun to taxi to taxiway A4 when the tower requested that they expedite their taxi to…
- [Incident 20120502009209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120502009209I), May 2, 2012: Piper PA-34-200 (N5049T), Hondo, TX, Minor damage. On 05/08/2012, I examined N5049T for a reported nose gear collapse during the landing roll. The nose gear down-lock link was broken, and both props made…

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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