# Incident 20161120020389I: Piper PA-34-200, Tallahassee, FL, November 20, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2016, 19:37 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 30.4383° N, 84.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tallahassee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4383&lon=-84.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N861PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N861PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-C1E6 (registry code 41835, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-c1e6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,692 total, 1,397 in this make and model, 428 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161120020389I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 20, 2016, AT 19:37 EDT TIME, A PIPER PA-34-200, S/N 347450063, LANDED AT TALLAHASSEE, FL (TLH) WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.  THE PILOT, STUDENT, AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  VMC CONDITIONS WERE PREVALENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER PART 141 FLIGHT RULES.

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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