# Incident 20170922020879I: Piper PA-28R-200, Ravenna, OH, September 22, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2017, 11:03 local time
- Place: Ravenna, OH
- Airport: Portage County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2102° N, 81.2516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTAGE COUNTY (POV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2102&lon=-81.2516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8508C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8508C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 274 total, 57 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170922020879I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS PRACTICING FOR HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PRACTICAL TEST. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PERFORMING A STEEP SPIRAL MANEUVER FOLLOWED BY A POWER OFF 180 DEGREE LANDING AT POV AIRPORT. THERE WAS TRAFFIC IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND AN AIRPLANE HOLDING SHORT OF THE RUNWAY (27). AIRMAN WAS DISTRACTED LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC AND COORDINATING HIS ARRIVAL WITH THE AIRCRAFT HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY (27). AIRMAN STATED THAT HE WAS WAITING TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR UNTIL HE WAS SURE THAT HE COULD REACH THE FIELD WITHOUT ADDING POWER (PART OF THE POWER OFF 180 MANEUVER). HE BECAME DISTRACTED WITH THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AND HAD TO ADD POWER OVER THE LANDING THRESHOLD WHICH KEPT THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN FROM SOUNDING. HE LANDED WITHOUT EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N8508C (2)

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

- [Incident 20070824826289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070824826289I), Aug 24, 2007: Piper PA28R200 (N8508C), Wakeman, OH, No damage. (-23) The aircraft was approximately 30 minutes into a flight at 3500' MSL. First sensation occupants noticed was a haze and odor inside cabin. Air traffic…
- [Accident 19760617016609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760617016609A), Jun 17, 1976: Piper PA28R200 (N8508C), Sparks, NV, Substantial damage

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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