# Incident 20210105000019I: Piper PA-30, Arkadelphia, AR, January 5, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2021, 11:30 local time
- Place: Arkadelphia, AR
- Airport: Florence Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: H2US
- Location: 34.1274° N, 93.0709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arkadelphia, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1274&lon=-93.0709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7305Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7305Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,925 total, 105 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210105000019I

## Narrative

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

INVESTIGATION:  ON JANUARY 5, 2021 AT KADF AT APPROXIMATELY 1130(L), N7305Y, SUFFERED A GEAR UP LANDING ON A TRAINING FLIGHT WITH A CFI AND STUDENT WHILE CONDUCTING TRAFFIC PATTERNS TRAINING FOR A MULTI-ENGINE INSTRUCTOR RATING.  NO INJURIES OR REGULATORY VIOLATIONS OCCURRED.

INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS THAT THE CFI AND STUDENT BOTH FAILED TO MOVE THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION AND FAILED TO CHECK THE "GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED" LIGHT.  BOTH PILOTS INDICATED IN A STATEMENT THAT THEY THOUGHT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND HAD CHECKED IT, HOWEVER THE MAINTENANCE TEAM MOVED THE AIRCRAFT, PLACED IT ON JACK STANDS, AND CYCLED THE GEAR HANDLE.  THE GEAR MOVED FREELY AND LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE GEAR HANDLE SELECTOR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED FOR THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM.  EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT THIS CONFIGURATION WAS DUE TO THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE BEING PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION AFTER LANDING.

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS:  COMPLACENCY OF THE CFI.

CORRECTIVE ACTION:  COMPLIANCE ACTION ISSUED TO THE STUDENT, AND RECOMMEND USC 44709 FOR THE CFI.

COMMENTS:  THE AIR AGENCY (HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY) ASST. CHIEF IMPLEMENTED A SAFETY STAND DOWN DAY AS WELL AS REVIEWED CHECKLISTS, TCO'S, AND PROCEDURES.  BOTH POI AND AIR AGENCY LEADERSHIP CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.

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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