# Incident 20211203021259I: Piper PA-28R-201, Lititz, PA, December 3, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2021, 13:25 local time
- Place: Lititz, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17FV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17FV) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 134 total, 14 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211203021259I

## Narrative

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

DECEMBER 03, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 PM LOCAL TIME THE AIRMAN DEPARTED LANCASTER AIRPORT (KLNS) ON A SOLO PRACTICE FLIGHT. THIS WAS THE PILOT'S FIRST SOLO FLIGHT IN THE AIRCRAFT AFTER RECEIVING A "COMPLEX AIRCRAFT" ENDORSEMENT.  AFTER PERFORMING MANUEVERS IN THE PRACTICE AREA THE AIRMAN STATED HE ?ENTERED A BUSY TRAFFIC PATTERN WITH SEVERAL OTHER AIRCRAFT. ON DOWNWIND, AT THE POINT THAT I NORMALLY LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE CONTROL TOWER AND INSTRUCTED TO FOLLOW OTHER TRAFFIC. MY FOCUS WAS ON CONTROLLING SPEED AND SEPARATION WITH THE AIRCRAFT I WAS FOLLOWING?. THE AIRMAN FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING.

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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