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FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Ft. Worth, TX · July 31, 2021

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Date
July 31, 2021 · 10:30 local
Place
Ft. Worth, TX
Airport
Meacham
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
GTUS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N977LB
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200T
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
238 total
N977LBRegistered now · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-7670243Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200T

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What happened

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Upon return to Ft. Worth Meacham, TX airport (ftw) from a multi-engine instructional flight, with a student pilot and fligh instructor (CFI) on board, the crew were practicing short-field landings on rwy 16. One successful landing was made terminating with a touch and go. The crew entered a left hand traffic pattern for rwy 16. Flight school standard operating procedures call for the landing gear to be lowered on the downwind leg, checking the landing gear annuciators, and visually observing a reflection of the nose gear on a mirror mounted to the left engine inboard cowling. Landing gear is verified down on the base leg, on the final leg, and again on short final. Each time both crew members reported landing gear safely extended. The CFI reported that the student had made a normal landing when after touchdown the nose landing gear retracted. The airplane came to rest on the runway centerline. Both main landing gear assemblies remained extended, with the aircraft sustaining substantial damage to both 3-blade propellers, the aircraft nose radome, and nose landing gear doors.

As the FAA filed it

UPON RETURN TO FT. WORTH MEACHAM, TX AIRPORT (FTW) FROM A MULTI-ENGINE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, WITH A STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGH INSTRUCTOR (CFI) ON BOARD, THE CREW WERE PRACTICING SHORT-FIELD LANDINGS ON RWY 16. ONE SUCCESSFUL LANDING WAS MADE TERMINATING WITH A TOUCH AND GO. THE CREW ENTERED A LEFT HAND TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RWY 16. FLIGHT SCHOOL STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES CALL FOR THE LANDING GEAR TO BE LOWERED ON THE DOWNWIND LEG, CHECKING THE LANDING GEAR ANNUCIATORS, AND VISUALLY OBSERVING A REFLECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR ON A MIRROR MOUNTED TO THE LEFT ENGINE INBOARD COWLING. LANDING GEAR IS VERIFIED DOWN ON THE BASE LEG, ON THE FINAL LEG, AND AGAIN ON SHORT FINAL. EACH TIME BOTH CREW MEMBERS REPORTED LANDING GEAR SAFELY EXTENDED. THE CFI REPORTED THAT THE STUDENT HAD MADE A NORMAL LANDING WHEN AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES REMAINED EXTENDED, WITH THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH 3-BLADE PROPELLERS, THE AIRCRAFT NOSE RADOME, AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS.

Other reports on N977LB · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20010430008489ILevel Off Touchdown · Centerville, TN(-23)Pilot/a&p, replaced shimmy dampner on nosewheel with bolt that was "one sixteenth of an inch too long", "about on thread too long" which allowed the gear to retract under hydraulic pressure, but did not allow it to extend by gravity freefall. Aircraft…Apr 30, 2001 · Minor damageAccident 19790705031231ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Bluefield, WVEvidence indicates the PA34 overtook a ldg M20G and landed under same. The ldg M20 hit the PA34 tail. Made go aroundJul 5, 1979 · Substantial damage