# Incident 20200512004649I: Piper PA-28R-200, Kearney, NE, May 12, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2020, 17:00 local time
- Place: Kearney, NE
- Airport: Kearney Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7270° N, 99.0068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEARNEY RGNL (EAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7270&lon=-99.0068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52CL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52CL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,394 total, 753 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200512004649I

## Narrative

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

-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.

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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