# Incident 20171130022259I: Piper PA-34-200, Denton, TX, November 30, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2017, 19:52 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Airport: Denton Enterprise Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 33.2020° N, 97.1991° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENTON ENTERPRISE (DTO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2020&lon=-97.1991&mi=10
- Aircraft: N277AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N277AM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 150 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171130022259I

## Narrative

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

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.

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