# Incident 20200603007699I: Piper PA-28RT-201, Terre Haute, IN, June 3, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2020, 19:40 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 2IUS
- Location: 39.4667° N, 87.4139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Terre Haute, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4667&lon=-87.4139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2878N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2878N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 577 total, 97 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200603007699I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 03, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 1940 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (2340Z), N2878N, A PIPER PA-28RT-201, THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AT TOUCHDOWN, NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ UNDER 14 CFR PART 141.

THE STUDENT PILOT AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON A TRAINING FLIGHT NOTIFIED TERRE HAUTE TOWER OF ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR INDICATION LIGHT, AFTER PLACING THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH IN THE DOWN POSITION WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE PILOTS FELT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION.  THE PILOTS REQUESTED VERIFICATION FROM THE CONTROL TOWER IF THE LANDING GEAR IS DOWN. THE PILOTS RECEIVED VERIFICATION BY THE CONTROL TOWER THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED. THE PILOTS RECEIVED INSTRUCTION TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23. AT TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO THE LEFT IMPACTING A RUNWAY LIGHT, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THE INTERVIEW THE PILOTS STATED THAT THEY FAILED TO COMPLETE THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION CHECK LIST. OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE LANDING GEAR WERE CONDUCTED. NO ISSUES WERE FOUND WITH THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AFTER THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N2878N (2)

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

- [Incident 20170325003039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170325003039I), Mar 25, 2017: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N2878N), Terre Haute, IN, Minor damage. On March 25, 2017 at approximately 0945 eastern standard time (EST), N2878N, a Piper PA-28 arrow sustained minor damage after landing gear up on runway 18 at…
- [Incident 20110214004199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110214004199I), Feb 14, 2011: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N2878N), Danville, IN, Minor damage. On the evening of February 14, 2011, at approximately 1715 local time, [privacy data omitted] landed gear up while flying his PA-28-RT-201 into Hendricks…

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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