What happened
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On 3/31/2022, privacy data omitted PA34, was over the numbers to runway 35R at gyi, the crew realized the landing gear was not down and performed go around. The aircraft landed without incident and taxied to parking. Post flight inspection of aircraft revealed prop tip strikes on both engine propellers. Further minor damage included scrapes on the entry foot bar and left flap trailing edge and broken antennae on lower fuselage.
The flight originated as an instructional flight for a commercial multi engine add-on rating. Upon takeoff from gyi the instructor simulated an engine failure on crosswind by reducing the left throttle to idle. The student flying the aircraft entered the pattern for 35R and opted to wait to lower the gear until they were closer to the runway where he felt landing would be more assured with single engine operation.
As the aircraft arrived abeam the numbers and began downwind descent, the tower instructed that they were second to land behind slower moving traffic and asked them to slow down. The crew became distracted maintaining distance and managing a single engine, and neglected to perform the normal before landing checks.
As the FAA filed it
ON 3/31/2022, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PA34, WAS OVER THE NUMBERS TO RUNWAY 35R AT GYI, THE CREW REALIZED THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND PERFORMED GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO PARKING. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED PROP TIP STRIKES ON BOTH ENGINE PROPELLERS. FURTHER MINOR DAMAGE INCLUDED SCRAPES ON THE ENTRY FOOT BAR AND LEFT FLAP TRAILING EDGE AND BROKEN ANTENNAE ON LOWER FUSELAGE.
THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT FOR A COMMERCIAL MULTI ENGINE ADD-ON RATING. UPON TAKEOFF FROM GYI THE INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE ON CROSSWIND BY REDUCING THE LEFT THROTTLE TO IDLE. THE STUDENT FLYING THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE PATTERN FOR 35R AND OPTED TO WAIT TO LOWER THE GEAR UNTIL THEY WERE CLOSER TO THE RUNWAY WHERE HE FELT LANDING WOULD BE MORE ASSURED WITH SINGLE ENGINE OPERATION.
AS THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED ABEAM THE NUMBERS AND BEGAN DOWNWIND DESCENT, THE TOWER INSTRUCTED THAT THEY WERE SECOND TO LAND BEHIND SLOWER MOVING TRAFFIC AND ASKED THEM TO SLOW DOWN. THE CREW BECAME DISTRACTED MAINTAINING DISTANCE AND MANAGING A SINGLE ENGINE, AND NEGLECTED TO PERFORM THE NORMAL BEFORE LANDING CHECKS.
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