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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Kearney, NE · May 12, 2020

Date: May 12, 2020 · 17:00 local
Place: Kearney, NE
Airport: Kearney Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N52CL
Reported as: Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,394 total753 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

N52CLRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-7135042 · Built 1971 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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.

-Pilot reported veering off runway during touch and go operations.

-After touchdown, the pilot stated selecting gear handle to up position while preparing cockpit to takeoff again.

-Pilot stated immediately realizing the mistaken landing gear handle up selection and placed gear handle in down position.

-Pilot stated the throttle was not advanced and the aircraft veered left and departed the runway into a grassy area.

-Pilot stated the left hand main landing gear leg collapsed after approximately 20 yards of travel in grassy area.

-Pilot stated no damage to airport lighting or facilities. Pilot notified the airport manager.

As the FAA filed it

-PILOT REPORTED VEERING OFF RUNWAY DURING TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONS.

-AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT STATED SELECTING GEAR HANDLE TO UP POSITION WHILE PREPARING COCKPIT TO TAKEOFF AGAIN.

-PILOT STATED IMMEDIATELY REALIZING THE MISTAKEN LANDING GEAR HANDLE UP SELECTION AND PLACED GEAR HANDLE IN DOWN POSITION.

-PILOT STATED THE THROTTLE WAS NOT ADVANCED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO A GRASSY AREA.

-PILOT STATED THE LEFT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG COLLAPSED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20 YARDS OF TRAVEL IN GRASSY AREA.

-PILOT STATED NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT LIGHTING OR FACILITIES. PILOT NOTIFIED THE AIRPORT MANAGER.