20170118000439I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Fort Worth, TX · January 18, 2017

Date: January 18, 2017 · 20:04 local
Place: Fort Worth, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7652J
Reported as: Piper PA-28R-180
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,250 total95 in this make and model270 in the last 90 days

N7652JRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-180S/N 28R-31052 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Airplane departed ftw airport for an instructional 2 hour DAY/2 hour night cross country flight. Airplane returned to ftw and entered the pattern for multiple touch and go circuits. After the first touch and go, the instructor raised the gear and the student proceeded with the next pattern circuit and landing. The approach was normal. During the flare to touch down there was a scraping noise and the airplane slid down the runway gear up. Airplane propeller and under carriage were damaged due to the gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE DEPARTED FTW AIRPORT FOR AN INSTRUCTIONAL 2 HOUR DAY/2 HOUR NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. AIRPLANE RETURNED TO FTW AND ENTERED THE PATTERN FOR MULTIPLE TOUCH AND GO CIRCUITS. AFTER THE FIRST TOUCH AND GO, THE INSTRUCTOR RAISED THE GEAR AND THE STUDENT PROCEEDED WITH THE NEXT PATTERN CIRCUIT AND LANDING. THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL. DURING THE FLARE TO TOUCH DOWN THERE WAS A SCRAPING NOISE AND THE AIRPLANE SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY GEAR UP. AIRPLANE PROPELLER AND UNDER CARRIAGE WERE DAMAGED DUE TO THE GEAR UP LANDING.