# Incident 20210731022869I: Piper PA-34-200T, Ft. Worth, TX, July 31, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2021, 10:30 local time
- Place: Ft. Worth, TX
- Airport: Meacham
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GTUS
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N977LB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N977LB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 238 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210731022869I

## Narrative

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

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 20010430008489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010430008489I), Apr 30, 2001: Piper PA34200T (N977LB), Centerville, TN, Minor damage. (-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…
- [Accident 19790705031231A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790705031231A), Jul 5, 1979: Piper PA34200T (N977LB), Bluefield, WV, Substantial damage. Evidence indicates the PA34 overtook a ldg M20G and landed under same. The ldg M20 hit the PA34 tail. Made go around

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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