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FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Denton, TX · November 30, 2017

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Date
November 30, 2017 · 19:52 local
Place
Denton, TX
Airport
Denton Enterprise Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N277AM
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,050 total150 in this make and model230 in the last 90 days
N277AMRegistered now · Piper PA-34-200S/N 34-7450188 · Built 1974Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

On their return to dto from a cross country flight, the student and flight instructor planned to remain in the traffic pattern and complete the required takeoffs and landings at a controlled airport. They had briefed to do full stop landings with taxibacks. After touchdown on their first landing, the student proceeded to retract the flaps on the landing roll but grabbed the gear handle and moved it to the retract position. The instructor reacted by immediately moving the gear handle to the down position but, by this time, the right main gear had began to retract causing the right wing to drop onto the runway, which was soon followed by the nose gear retracting and causing the nose to drop. The airplane slid down the runway coming to a stop approximately at the midpoint of the runway on the right side of the centerline with the right wing tip over the runway edge. The instructor and student exited the aircraft after advising tower and completing a full shut down. An on-site visual inspection by the inspector revealed the propellers had been damaged. No fire occurred. No damage to airport facilities occurred. The aircraft was recovered from the runway by the flight school maintenance personnel after the aircraft was released.

As the FAA filed it

ON THEIR RETURN TO DTO FROM A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE STUDENT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PLANNED TO REMAIN IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND COMPLETE THE REQUIRED TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT A CONTROLLED AIRPORT. THEY HAD BRIEFED TO DO FULL STOP LANDINGS WITH TAXIBACKS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON THEIR FIRST LANDING, THE STUDENT PROCEEDED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS ON THE LANDING ROLL BUT GRABBED THE GEAR HANDLE AND MOVED IT TO THE RETRACT POSITION. THE INSTRUCTOR REACTED BY IMMEDIATELY MOVING THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION BUT, BY THIS TIME, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD BEGAN TO RETRACT CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO DROP ONTO THE RUNWAY, WHICH WAS SOON FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTING AND CAUSING THE NOSE TO DROP. THE AIRPLANE SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY COMING TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CENTERLINE WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP OVER THE RUNWAY EDGE. THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER ADVISING TOWER AND COMPLETING A FULL SHUT DOWN. AN ON-SITE VISUAL INSPECTION BY THE INSPECTOR REVEALED THE PROPELLERS HAD BEEN DAMAGED. NO FIRE OCCURRED. NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT FACILITIES OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE RUNWAY BY THE FLIGHT SCHOOL MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED.