# Accident 20170718012509A: Piper PA-28R-201, Bowling Green, OH, July 18, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2017, 09:00 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, OH
- Airport: Wood County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3917° N, 83.6300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3917&lon=-83.6300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N786BG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N786BG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 228 total, 37 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA425](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA425) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170718012509A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION TOWARD HIS INITIAL FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING.  THE FLIGHT STARTED WITH PRACTICE OF MANEUVERS IN THE PRACTICE AREA AND ENDED WITH TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.  ON THE FINAL LANDING THE PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING A POWER-OFF 180 DEGREE ACCURACY LANDING.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE COMPLETED THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST BUT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION.  THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION, THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA425](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA425), Jul 18, 2017: Piper PA28R (N786BG), Bowling Green, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s and flight instructor’s failure to extend the landing gear.

## Other reports on N786BG (1)

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

- [Accident 20160913017819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160913017819A), Sep 13, 2016: Piper PA-28R-201 (N786BG), Bowling Green, OH, Substantial damage. This was an employee training flight with a crew of [privacy data omitted] and [privacy data omitted] in N786BG, PA28R-201 on the morning of 9/13/2016. At…

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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