20220316003469I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Colorado Spring, CO · March 16, 2022

Date
March 16, 2022 · 09:07 local
Place
Colorado Spring, CO
Airport
City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2148L
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total32 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilotprivacy data omitted training with CFI to prepare for potential commercial pilot check ride. Training conducted with notification to and approval of ATC personnel. Training events were power off 180 degree turns to emergency landings. Previous events resulted in successful touch and go landings with landing gear functions and indications normal accomplishment of the desired training experience was not successful, so the training attempts continued. Incident occurred after training scenario adjustment of altitude to 7300'. Instructor and student did not realize that landing gear had not been extended for this attempt and aircraft impacted runway surface coming to a stop on the centerline. Gear selector was in the gear up position.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TRAINING WITH CFI TO PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL PILOT CHECK RIDE. TRAINING CONDUCTED WITH NOTIFICATION TO AND APPROVAL OF ATC PERSONNEL. TRAINING EVENTS WERE POWER OFF 180 DEGREE TURNS TO EMERGENCY LANDINGS. PREVIOUS EVENTS RESULTED IN SUCCESSFUL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WITH LANDING GEAR FUNCTIONS AND INDICATIONS NORMAL ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE DESIRED TRAINING EXPERIENCE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL, SO THE TRAINING ATTEMPTS CONTINUED. INCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER TRAINING SCENARIO ADJUSTMENT OF ALTITUDE TO 7300'. INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT DID NOT REALIZE THAT LANDING GEAR HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED FOR THIS ATTEMPT AND AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RUNWAY SURFACE COMING TO A STOP ON THE CENTERLINE. GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE GEAR UP POSITION.