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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Naples, FL · July 3, 2017

Date
July 3, 2017 · 14:58 local
Place
Naples, FL
Airport
Naples Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
X44S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N722WM
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

This incident occurred on a clear VFR day, due to traffic in the pattern the crew was given special landing instructions to enter the pattern on an extended left base for runway 23 at Naples muni (kapf). The pilot and the instructor pilot allowed themselves to become distracted with unnecessary conversation. N722WM was cleared to land on runway 23. The airplane was turned onto final and was landed on runway 23 with the gear up. Eye witnesses stated that the gear was lowered down during the approach and flare to landing. When the airplane was lifted off the ground by means of a strap lifted by a forklift it was discovered that when the master switch was turned on with the gear handle in the down position the gear lowered normally. Later with the airplane on jack stands the landing gear was exercised several times and operated perfectly.

As the FAA filed it

THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A CLEAR VFR DAY, DUE TO TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN THE CREW WAS GIVEN SPECIAL LANDING INSTRUCTIONS TO ENTER THE PATTERN ON AN EXTENDED LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 23 AT NAPLES MUNI (KAPF). THE PILOT AND THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT ALLOWED THEMSELVES TO BECOME DISTRACTED WITH UNNECESSARY CONVERSATION. N722WM WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23. THE AIRPLANE WAS TURNED ONTO FINAL AND WAS LANDED ON RUNWAY 23 WITH THE GEAR UP. EYE WITNESSES STATED THAT THE GEAR WAS LOWERED DOWN DURING THE APPROACH AND FLARE TO LANDING. WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS LIFTED OFF THE GROUND BY MEANS OF A STRAP LIFTED BY A FORKLIFT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT WHEN THE MASTER SWITCH WAS TURNED ON WITH THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION THE GEAR LOWERED NORMALLY. LATER WITH THE AIRPLANE ON JACK STANDS THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXERCISED SEVERAL TIMES AND OPERATED PERFECTLY.