What happened
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On January 20, 2018 at 1100 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-24-260 aircraft, N9100P, registered to a private pilot was operated by privacy data omitted, a private pilot sel recieving instrument instruction, and a certified flight instructor. The aircraft received minor damage during an inadvertent gear up landing on runway 27 Goshen Municipal Airport, Goshen, Indiana (kgsh). Visual meteorological conditions and moderate winds were reported at the time of the incident. The instrument training flight was being conducted under the provisions of title 14 code of federal regulations (CFR) part 91 without a flight plan. The private pilot and flight instructor were not injured. The local flight originated from the Goshen Municipal Airport at approximately 0940L.
According to the flight instructor, he and the instrument-rating student were returning to Goshen Municipal Airport following a training flight that included a number of simulated instrument procedures and landings at local airports. The final portion of the training flight included a simulated instrument landing system (ILS) landing on runway 27 with the student pilot manipulating the aircraft controls and the instructor simulating air traffic control (ATC). Approximately 10 miles from the landing threshold the student lowered the landing gear handle during his before landing checklist but did not witness a green light signifying a landing gear ?down and locked? Condition. The flight continued normally until the pilot and flight instructor heard metal scraping and the propeller hitting the runway surface. The aircraft settled on to its belly where it departed the runway and struck a runway light prior to coming to rest in the grass. The flight instructor then notified the airport of the incident by radio while the student shutdown the aircraft systems. At this time, it was noted the landing gear circuit breaker had been tripped. The aircraft was removed to the owner?s hangar by a contracted wrecker and airport personnel. Once the aircraft was raised on jacks, the circuit breaker was reset and the landing gear lowered and locked in the normal manner.
Weather report at kgsh airport at 1600 UTC was wind from the southeast at 15 knots with gusts to 20 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, clear, and temperature 26F.
The low time instrument student pilot stated that he became distracted by the simulated ILS landing and that the lack of a green ?down and locked? Gear indication went unnoticed. The tripped landing gear circuit breaker also went unnoticed by both pilot and flight instructor. The combination of an unknown electrical issue as well as near task saturation of the instrument student pilot were casual factors in this incident.
As the FAA filed it
ON JANUARY 20, 2018 AT 1100 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-24-260 AIRCRAFT, N9100P, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE PILOT WAS OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PRIVATE PILOT SEL RECIEVING INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTION, AND A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING AN INADVERTENT GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 GOSHEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GOSHEN, INDIANA (KGSH). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND MODERATE WINDS WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE INSTRUMENT TRAINING FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE GOSHEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 0940L.
ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, HE AND THE INSTRUMENT-RATING STUDENT WERE RETURNING TO GOSHEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOLLOWING A TRAINING FLIGHT THAT INCLUDED A NUMBER OF SIMULATED INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES AND LANDINGS AT LOCAL AIRPORTS. THE FINAL PORTION OF THE TRAINING FLIGHT INCLUDED A SIMULATED INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 WITH THE STUDENT PILOT MANIPULATING THE AIRCRAFT CONTROLS AND THE INSTRUCTOR SIMULATING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC). APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES FROM THE LANDING THRESHOLD THE STUDENT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE DURING HIS BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST BUT DID NOT WITNESS A GREEN LIGHT SIGNIFYING A LANDING GEAR ?DOWN AND LOCKED? CONDITION. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED NORMALLY UNTIL THE PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HEARD METAL SCRAPING AND THE PROPELLER HITTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON TO ITS BELLY WHERE IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT PRIOR TO COMING TO REST IN THE GRASS. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THEN NOTIFIED THE AIRPORT OF THE INCIDENT BY RADIO WHILE THE STUDENT SHUTDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. AT THIS TIME, IT WAS NOTED THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD BEEN TRIPPED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED TO THE OWNER?S HANGAR BY A CONTRACTED WRECKER AND AIRPORT PERSONNEL. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED ON JACKS, THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET AND THE LANDING GEAR LOWERED AND LOCKED IN THE NORMAL MANNER.
WEATHER REPORT AT KGSH AIRPORT AT 1600 UTC WAS WIND FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 20 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, CLEAR, AND TEMPERATURE 26F.
THE LOW TIME INSTRUMENT STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED BY THE SIMULATED ILS LANDING AND THAT THE LACK OF A GREEN ?DOWN AND LOCKED? GEAR INDICATION WENT UNNOTICED. THE TRIPPED LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER ALSO WENT UNNOTICED BY BOTH PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE COMBINATION OF AN UNKNOWN ELECTRICAL ISSUE AS WELL AS NEAR TASK SATURATION OF THE INSTRUMENT STUDENT PILOT WERE CASUAL FACTORS IN THIS INCIDENT.