20220514007059I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Oroville, CA · May 14, 2022

Date
May 14, 2022 · 12:35 local
Place
Oroville, CA
Airport
Oroville Municiple Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N541HF
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
73 total73 in this make and model56 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.

On may 14, 2022, on the second leg of a solo long cross-country flight the student pilot did not follow the aircraft checklist and failed to lower landing gear prior to the aircraft landing with the gear in the up position. This caused propeller damage and minor aircraft belly skin damage.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 14, 2022, ON THE SECOND LEG OF A SOLO LONG CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THE STUDENT PILOT DID NOT FOLLOW THE AIRCRAFT CHECKLIST AND FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT LANDING WITH THE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THIS CAUSED PROPELLER DAMAGE AND MINOR AIRCRAFT BELLY SKIN DAMAGE.