# Incident 20191205021229I: Piper PA-28R-201, Frankfort, IN, December 5, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2019, 14:20 local time
- Place: Frankfort, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 40.2796° N, 86.5379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frankfort, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2796&lon=-86.5379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N542PU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N542PU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 782 total, 25 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191205021229I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION:

ON DECEMBER 5, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:20PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER ARROW WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER N542PU, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE

FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH RUNWAY 9 WHILE SIMULATING AN ENGINE FAILURE AT THE FRANKFORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LOCATED IN FRANKFORT, INDIANA.

THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED VFR FROM RUNWAY 27 AND WHILE ON CROSSWIND, THE INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE TO SEE IF THE STUDENT COULD MAKE IT BACK TO RUNWAY 9. BOTH THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT FAILED TO VERIFY THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN LOWERED AND WHILE IN THE FLAIR, THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED FULL POWER TO GO-AROUND AND THOUGHT THEY ONLY STRUCK THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THEY DID NOT LEARN OF THE PROPELLER STRIKE UNTIL THEY LANDED AT THE PURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT (KLAF), 19 MILES AWAY.

THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR)

PART 141 AS A PERSONAL TRAINING FLIGHT.

DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS

PROVIDED.

EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT ON DECEMBER 6, 2019 SHOWED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER TIPS,  AND ANTENNAS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT.

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR/COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT ALONG WITH HIS STUDENT RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

LOGBOOK ENTRIES SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT MET ALL STANDARD AIRWORTHINESS

INSPECTIONS.

THE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM WAS USED IN THIS CASE.

PTRS: GL11202000666

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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