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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Melbourne, FL · March 5, 2019

Date
March 5, 2019 · 22:30 local
Place
Melbourne, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operator
P39S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56686
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
29,000 total240 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On approach the instructor pilot moved the gear handle down and believed to have seen three green light. As the aircraft ready to land he thought that the aircraft was to close to the runway. But by then it was to late the aircraft settled, and the props struck the ground. The aircraft came to a stop, there were no injuries and only minor damge to the underside of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON APPROACH THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND BELIEVED TO HAVE SEEN THREE GREEN LIGHT. AS THE AIRCRAFT READY TO LAND HE THOUGHT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TO CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY. BUT BY THEN IT WAS TO LATE THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED, AND THE PROPS STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N56686 · 2

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