# Incident 20200614008029I: Piper PA-28R-201, Westminster, MD, June 14, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2020, 19:15 local time
- Place: Westminster, MD
- Airport: Carroll County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5792° N, 77.0067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westminster, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5792&lon=-77.0067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N780FM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N780FM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,031 total, 505 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200614008029I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 14, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1915 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHILE ACTING AS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, CONDUCTED A PRACTICE EMERGENCY ENGINE OUT LANDING AT CARROLL COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT, WESTMINSTER, MD, (KDMW) WITH A PRIVATE PILOT RATED STUDENT.  WHEN THE PRIVATE PILOT RATED STUDENT WAS NOT PERFORMING THE MANEUVER ADEQUATELY, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE ON SHORT FINAL.  DURING THE ATTEMPTED FLARE JUST PRIOR TO LANDING, THEY BOTH HEARD A SCRAPING SOUND.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INITIATED A GO AROUND.  ONCE AT A SAFE ALTITUDE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE STUDENT ASSESSED THE SITUATION AND REALIZED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT BEEN LOWERED. INITIALLY, THEY FELT THAT THEY HAD SCRAPED THE TAIL TIE DOWN, NOT THINKING THEY HAD ALSO STRUCK THE PROP.  THEY DECIDED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOME BASE AT TIPTON AIRPORT, FORT MEADE, MD (KFME). ONCE THERE AND AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING, THEY INSPECTED THE AIRPLANE TO FIND THAT THEY HAD SCRAPED THE TAIL TIE DOWN AND DAMAGED THE PROP. THIS DAMAGE IS CONSIDERED MINOR.

WEATHER:  DMW, 2020-06-14, 142315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT065 OVC080 22/12 A3033 RMK AO2

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