# Incident 20161027022039I: Piper PA-28R-200, Limon, CO, October 27, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2016, 12:00 local time
- Place: Limon, CO
- Airport: Limon
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2748° N, 103.6659° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIMON MUNI (LIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2748&lon=-103.6659&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15379, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15379) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 348 total, 85 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161027022039I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 LOCAL ON 10/27/2016 IN VMC CONDITIONS AT KLIC (LIMON AIRPORT) THE PIC , LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT (A PIPER ARROW) GEAR UP.  LEADING UP TO THIS INCIDENT THE PILOT WAS ON A ROUTINE FLIGHT IN WHICH HE WAS PRACTICING MANEUVERS FOR HIS UPCOMING COMMERCIAL PRACTICAL TEST.  UPON RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT FROM THE PRACTICE AREA HE DECIDED TO ACCOMPLISH 4 TOUCH AND GO'S.  AFTER DECIDING TO MAKE A FULL STOP THE PILOT CLAIMS THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE PATTERN.  THE TWO ELEMENTS THAT CAUSED THIS DISTRACTION WERE THE AIRCRAFT IN-FRONT OF HIM IN THE PATTERN AS WELL AS THE GEAR WARNING HORN WHICH BECAME AUDIBLE WHEN HE INITIALLY REDUCED POWER FOR THE LANDING.  THE GEAR WARNING HORN REMAINED AUDIBLE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE DESCENT TO LANDING BUT WAS NOT RECOGNIZED BY ^MR. NOVOTNY^ DUE TO HIS PRECONCEIVED EXPECTATION THAT HE HAD ALREADY SELECTED THE GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION.  IN TALKING WITHT HE PILOT, HE HAS ALREADY TAKEN CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO PREVENT A FUTURE OCCUANCE INCLUDING A VISUAL AND VERBAL CONFIRMATION OF LANDING GEAR POSITION ON THE DOWN-WIND, BASE, AND FINAL LEGS IN THE PATTERN.  I AM RECOMMENDING ORAL COUNSELING AS A MEANS TO BRING THIS PILOT BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.

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