# Incident 20201006016469I: Piper PA-28R-201, Crawfordsville, IN, October 6, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2020, 12:40 local time
- Place: Crawfordsville, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CG9S
- Location: 40.0402° N, 86.8980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crawfordsville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0402&lon=-86.8980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N541PU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N541PU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 524 total, 18 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201006016469I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 6, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 1240 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA28R-201  AIRCRAFT, N541PU, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AT CRAWFORDSVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (CFJ), CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE AIRPLANE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 141 AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  DAYLIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT, WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE PURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT (KLAF), WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA.

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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