# Incident 20170325003039I: Piper PA-28RT-201, Terre Haute, IN, March 25, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2017, 09:45 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Airport: Terre Haute
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 2IUS
- Location: 39.4506° N, 87.3070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TERRE HAUTE RGNL (HUF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4506&lon=-87.3070&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2878N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2878N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 889 total, 133 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170325003039I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 25, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 0945 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), N2878N, A PIPER PA-28 ARROW SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER LANDING GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 18 AT TERRE HAUTE REGIONAL AIRPORT, HULMAN FIELD (HUF), INDIANA.  THE AIRPLANE IS REGISTERED TO INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR 91. THE PILOT IN COMMAND, A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI), AND A STUDENT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE OR REQUIRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM HUF.

THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT TOLD INVESTIGATORS THEY FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR WHILE PRACTICING A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE MANEUVER TO RUNWAY 18 AS PART OF THE 14 CFR 141 SCHOOL CURRICULUM. THE SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE BECAME A DISTRACTION FOR BOTH PILOTS BY DISRUPTING THE NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN AND PROCEDURAL FLOW. THE STUDENT SAID THEY ATTEMPTED TO COMPLETE THE LANDING CHECKLIST BY MEMORY INSTEAD OF USING THE ACTUAL CHECKLIST DURING THE SIMULATED EMERGENCY. ALTHOUGH THEY WERE PRACTICING AN ENGINE OUT MANEUVER, THE POWER WAS SET ABOVE 13" OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE WHICH PREVENTED THE LANDING GEAR AURAL WARNING HORN AND UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT FROM ACTIVATING. INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY CONTRACT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED THE LANDING GEAR AURAL WARNING AND GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT TEST. THE SYSTEM TESTED SATISFACTORY PER THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANUAL.

## Other reports on N2878N (2)

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

- [Incident 20200603007699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200603007699I), Jun 3, 2020: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N2878N), Terre Haute, IN, Minor damage. On June 03, 2020, at approximately 1940 eastern daylight time (2340Z), N2878N, a Piper PA-28RT-201, the aircraft landing gear collapsed at touchdown, no…
- [Incident 20110214004199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110214004199I), Feb 14, 2011: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N2878N), Danville, IN, Minor damage. On the evening of February 14, 2011, at approximately 1715 local time, [privacy data omitted] landed gear up while flying his PA-28-RT-201 into Hendricks…

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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