# Incident 20170228007329I: Socata TB21TC, Salina, KS, February 28, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2017, 14:38 local time
- Place: Salina, KS
- Airport: Salina Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7906° N, 97.6522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINA RGNL (SLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7906&lon=-97.6522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2802W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2802W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB21TC (registry code 8680699, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb21tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540 series (registry code 41569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB21TC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO 540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,002 total, 20 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170228007329I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 28, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 1438 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, TWO COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATED AIRMEN WERE INVOLVED IN A GEAR-UP LANDING IN A SOCATA TRINIDAD TB-21 AT THE SALINA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KSLN), SALINA, KANSAS; THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY 14 CFR PART 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL, PROVIDING INSTRUCTION UNDER 14 CFR PART 61. A COMMERCIAL AIRMAN, SEATED IN THE LEFT SEAT, WAS RECEIVING AN INITIAL CHECKOUT IN THE TB-21 FROM A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND DURING THE FLIGHT. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WITH VISUAL METROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF IN-FLIGHT MANEUVERS, THE TRAINING FLIGHT RETURNED TO KSLN TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS.  THE TOWER CLEARED THEM TO ENTER RIGHT BASE FOR RUNWAY 36. UPON ENTERING THE PATTERN, THE AIRMEN EXCHANGED CONTROLS AND THE INSTRUCTOR WAS GOING TO DEMONSTRATE A LANDING. AT APPROXIMATELY 90 KNOTS, AN INTERMITTENT TONE WAS HEARD IN THE COCKPIT. THE INSTRUCTOR ASKED THE STUDENT WHAT THAT SOUND WAS, ALTHOUGH THE STUDENT REPLIED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW. THE INSTRUCTOR SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE AN INTERMITTENT STALL HORN HOWEVER THE STUDENT MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE ABOVE STALL SPEED. THE INSTRUCTOR CONTINUED THE LANDING; THE INTERMITTENT TONE BECAME A CONTINUOUS TONE IN THE FLARE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION AND SLID TO A STOP. BOTH AIRMEN STATED THE DECENT AND LANDING CHECKLISTS WERE NOT COMPLETED AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO KNOWN MECHANICAL ABNORMALITIES BEFORE OR DURING THE FLIGHT. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  TWO SOULS ON BOARD WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES.

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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