# Incident 20220516008629I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28R-201, Macon, GA, May 16, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2022, 11:15 local time
- Place: Macon, GA
- Airport: Macon Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 4GHS
- Location: 32.8218° N, 83.5619° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACON DOWNTOWN (MAC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8218&lon=-83.5619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N285MG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N285MG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102833, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-C1C6 (registry code 41833, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-c1c6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-C1C6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,212 total, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220516008629I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 16, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15AM AIRCRAFT N285MG PIPER 28-201 WAS ON INSTRUCTION FLIGHT ATTEMPTING A LANDING AT MACON DOWNTOWN AIRPORT, TO RUNWAY 28, IN MACON GEORGIA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE FINAL APPROACH PHASE AN AS THE AIRCRAFT FLARED THE CREW HEARD A NOISE AND APPLIED POWER REALIZING THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND WENT AROUND AND MADE ANOTHER LANDING, AFTER SHUT DOWN CREW PERFORMED POST FLIGHT INSPECTION AND FOUND THAT THE PROP TIPS AND LEFT FLAP WERE DAMAGE DUE TO GEAR NOT BEING EXTENDED FOR LANDING.

## Other reports on N285MG (2)

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

- [Accident 20230624010919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230624010919A), Jun 24, 2023: Piper PA-28R-201 (N285MG), Macon, GA, Substantial damage. On June 26, 2023 a Piper PA-28R-201 piloted by a student and certificated flight instructor were involved in a birstrike on climb out to the left wing leading…
- [Incident 20191016022049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191016022049I), Oct 16, 2019: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28R-201 (N285MG), Eastman, GA, Minor damage. On 10/16/2019 at approximately 2230Z, CFI was flying with commercial student in N285MG at kezm. Multiple landings practicing short field, normal, and power off…

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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