# Incident 20161028017239I: Piper PA-24-250, Cochran, GA, October 28, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2016, 14:40 local time
- Place: Cochran, GA
- Airport: Cochran Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4007° N, 83.2784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COCHRAN (48A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4007&lon=-83.2784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7810P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7810P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 50 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161028017239I

## Narrative

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

^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.

- [Incident 20220801022699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220801022699I), Aug 1, 2022: Piper PA-24-250 (N7810P), Lagrange, GA, Minor damage. Pilot was on a 5 mile base leg for the traffic pattern when he heard the gear horn. He was distracted by other traffic in the pattern. He believed he put the…
- [Incident 19950122000709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950122000709I), Jan 22, 1995: Piper PA24250 (N7810P), Cochran, GA, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft was approaching Cochran Airport. (48A) from the NE about 7 mile out. Called Cochran UNICOM advised we would be making straight in approach…

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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