# Incident 20201027018319I: New Piper Aircraft Inc PA-46-500TP, Akron, OH, October 27, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2020, 19:55 local time
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron Canton Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9151° N, 81.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AKRON-CANTON RGNL (CAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9151&lon=-81.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53AL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53AL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: New Piper PA-46-500TP (registry code 7104606, https://openairdocs.org/model/new-piper-pa-46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A (registry code 52268, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NEW PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-46-500TP
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 769 total, 175 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/20201027018319I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS WITH CO-PILOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROFICIENCY WORK AT KCAK. IMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED BECAUSE OF A LOW OVERCAST. HIS SECOND APPROACH WAS VECTORS FOR THE GPS RWY 5. AFTER BEING VECTORED ONTO THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE, HE WAS CLEARED FOR A LOW APPROACH. HE REQUESTED THE OPTION, WITH THE INTENTION OF LANDING, AND WAS CLEARED FOR THE OPTION. HE DESCENDED THROUGH THE OVERCAST AND HAD THE FIELD IN SIGHT.  HE CONTINUED HIS DESCENT TO LAND.  HE STATED THAT HE CAME IN OVER THE NUMBERS, 3-GREEN, DOWN AND LOCKED, AND PULLED THE POWER BACK TO IDLE, FLARED, AND TOUCHED DOWN ON CENTERLINE WITH THE MAINS AND THEN THE NOSE.  HE STATED THAT WHILE MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, HE WENT TO REACH OVER TO RETRACT THE FLAPS AND INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED THE GEAR LEVER TO THE UP POSITION.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DROP CAUSING THE ENGINE PROPELLER TO IMPACT THE RUNWAY.  AFTER REALIZING HIS MISTAKE, HE PULLED THE YOKE BACK AND MOVED THE GEAR LEVER BACK TO THE FULL DOWN POSITION, THE NOSE GEAR RETURNED TO THE FULLY EXTENDED POSITION.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TAXIED OFF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE TAXIWAY.  THE TOWER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE HANGAR.

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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