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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Gaithersburg, MD · March 12, 2018

Date: March 12, 2018 · 13:10 local
Place: Gaithersburg, MD
Airport: Montgomery County Airpark
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: 7WIS
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2927Q
Reported as: Piper PA-28R-201
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 665 total58 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N2927QRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-201S/N 28R-7737043 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-201

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What happened

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

The student and instructor remained in the traffic pattern due to threat of possible approaching bad weather. They had done several landings of various types and were doing their third 180 degree landing configuration power off landing. They waited to lower the landing gear until they were certain to make the runway and the student reached out and pushed down on the gear lever. He does not recall pulling the lever out from the panel before doing so. The instructor saw him reach for the gear lever and believed the gear had been lowered. Neither of them checked the gear lights. After touching down they found the gear lever was in the up position and the gear horn was still sounding.

After the aircraft was removed to the maintenance hangar the proper operation of the landing gear system, gear down lights and gear horn was verified.

METAR kgai 121656Z auto 02004KT 10SM FEW075 OVC090 04/M06 A2990 rmk AO2 SLP155 T00441056

As the FAA filed it

THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN DUE TO THREAT OF POSSIBLE APPROACHING BAD WEATHER. THEY HAD DONE SEVERAL LANDINGS OF VARIOUS TYPES AND WERE DOING THEIR THIRD 180 DEGREE LANDING CONFIGURATION POWER OFF LANDING. THEY WAITED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR UNTIL THEY WERE CERTAIN TO MAKE THE RUNWAY AND THE STUDENT REACHED OUT AND PUSHED DOWN ON THE GEAR LEVER. HE DOES NOT RECALL PULLING THE LEVER OUT FROM THE PANEL BEFORE DOING SO. THE INSTRUCTOR SAW HIM REACH FOR THE GEAR LEVER AND BELIEVED THE GEAR HAD BEEN LOWERED. NEITHER OF THEM CHECKED THE GEAR LIGHTS. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN THEY FOUND THE GEAR LEVER WAS IN THE UP POSITION AND THE GEAR HORN WAS STILL SOUNDING.

AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED TO THE MAINTENANCE HANGAR THE PROPER OPERATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM, GEAR DOWN LIGHTS AND GEAR HORN WAS VERIFIED.

METAR KGAI 121656Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM FEW075 OVC090 04/M06 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP155 T00441056

Other reports on N2927Q · 4

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

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