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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Shenandoah, VA · August 2, 2016

Date
August 2, 2016 · 11:30 local
Place
Shenandoah, VA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N243DW
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-201
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
278 total14 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot was landing at shd to meet an examiner for a CFI initial checkride. He conducted several practice landings before deciding to make a full stop. On the last landing, he was so focused on making a better approach and landing that he forgot to put the gear down at the normal point. He missed it on the checklist and was so focused that he did not hear the gear horn. The pilot did'nt realize he was landing gear up until he touched down. He said he felt like something was off throughout the approach because he was carrying more speed than normal.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS LANDING AT SHD TO MEET AN EXAMINER FOR A CFI INITIAL CHECKRIDE. HE CONDUCTED SEVERAL PRACTICE LANDINGS BEFORE DECIDING TO MAKE A FULL STOP. ON THE LAST LANDING, HE WAS SO FOCUSED ON MAKING A BETTER APPROACH AND LANDING THAT HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN AT THE NORMAL POINT. HE MISSED IT ON THE CHECKLIST AND WAS SO FOCUSED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR HORN. THE PILOT DID'NT REALIZE HE WAS LANDING GEAR UP UNTIL HE TOUCHED DOWN. HE SAID HE FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS OFF THROUGHOUT THE APPROACH BECAUSE HE WAS CARRYING MORE SPEED THAN NORMAL.