# Incident 20200628008329I: Piper PA-28R-200, Burlington, NC, June 28, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2020, 14:00 local time
- Place: Burlington, NC
- Airport: Burlington-Alamance Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0497° N, 79.4730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BURLINGTON/ALAMANCE RGNL (BUY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0497&lon=-79.4730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32727, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32727) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 10 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200628008329I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 28 2020, THE PILOT ON N32727 DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 24 AT THE BURLINGTON REGIONAL AIRPORT (BUY). THE PILOT PLANNED TO STAY IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING PRACTICE. ON THE DOWNWIND LEG THE PILOT REACHED FOR THE GEAR HANDLE TO LOWER THE GEAR AND WAS DISTRACTED BY A WIND GUST. AFTER CORRECTING THE AIRCRAFTS FLIGHT PATH THE PILOT RETURNED TO HIS LANDING CHECKS. AT SOME POINT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN THE GEAR HORN STARTED TO SOUND. THE PILOT STATES THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE HORN WAS FOR. FEARING THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PLANE THE PILOT CONTINUED THE LANDING NOT WANTING TO POSSIBLY CAUSE DAMAGE BY FLYING LONGER. THE PILOT CONTINUED TO THE RUNWAY, INADVERTENTLY PERFORMING A GEAR UP LANDING.

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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