20161028017239I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Cochran, GA · October 28, 2016

Date
October 28, 2016 · 14:40 local
Place
Cochran, GA
Airport
Cochran Airport
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7810P
Reported as
Piper PA-24-250
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total50 in this make and model10 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.

privacy data omitted Was acting as a CFI administering a 24 month flight review and instrument proficiency check. privacy data omittedWas flying in the left seat receiving the training. Near the end of the flight privacy data omitted was performing a touch and go. After touchdown, privacy data omitted instructed privacy data omitted to apply full throttle flaps up and then applied full throttle. privacy data omitted States that he then moved the gear handle to the up position thinking it was the flap handle while the aircraft was accelerating down the runway. Approximately 1000 feet after initial touchdown the propeller struck the ground as the gear retracted. privacy data omitted Then reduced the throttle to idle. The aircraft then skidded on its belly and came to rest in the center of the runway approximately 600 feet after the first mark on the runway made by the propeller. privacy data omitted And privacy data omittedthen turned all of the switches off and exited the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACTING AS A CFI ADMINISTERING A 24 MONTH FLIGHT REVIEW AND INSTRUMENT PROFICIENCY CHECK. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS FLYING IN THE LEFT SEAT RECEIVING THE TRAINING. NEAR THE END OF THE FLIGHT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSTRUCTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO APPLY FULL THROTTLE FLAPS UP AND THEN APPLIED FULL THROTTLE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT HE THEN MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE UP POSITION THINKING IT WAS THE FLAP HANDLE WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACCELERATING DOWN THE RUNWAY. APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET AFTER INITIAL TOUCHDOWN THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AS THE GEAR RETRACTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN REDUCED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SKIDDED ON ITS BELLY AND CAME TO REST IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET AFTER THE FIRST MARK ON THE RUNWAY MADE BY THE PROPELLER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^THEN TURNED ALL OF THE SWITCHES OFF AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N7810P · 2

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