# Incident 20220331004839I: Piper PA-34-200, Sherman, TX, March 31, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2022, 09:50 local time
- Place: Sherman, TX
- Airport: North Texas Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U9FS
- Location: 33.6357° N, 96.6089° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sherman, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6357&lon=-96.6089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55051, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55051) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 865 total, 50 in this make and model, 174 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220331004839I

## Narrative

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

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.

## Other reports on N55051 (3)

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

- [Incident 20170224021589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170224021589I), Feb 24, 2017: Piper PA-34-200 (N55051), Gainesville, TX, Minor damage. Student and instructor were on a training flight in the traffic pattern at Gainesville airport (kgle); runway 36. Both pilots on board failed to extend the…
- [Incident 19780528040669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780528040669I), May 28, 1978: Piper PA34200 (N55051), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Nose wheel retracted only partially. Pilot was unable to extend. Collapsed on touchdown.
- [Accident 19770904031799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770904031799A), Sep 4, 1977: Piper PA34200 (N55051), Tampa, FL, Substantial damage

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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