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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Beaver Falls, PA · August 15, 2022

Date
August 15, 2022 · 09:10 local
Place
Beaver Falls, PA
Airport
Beaver County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
FB8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N282ND
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-201
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-C1C6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
180 total15 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

N282ND landed gear up at Beaver County Airport on August 15th at approximately 09:10AM local time. The aircraft came to rest near midfield. After speaking with both the airmen onboard the aircraft, they both mentioned that they conducted a 360 degree turn while on downwind to obtain spacing for the short approach. They elected not to put the gear down as they typically would due to the spacing turns required to obtain the short approach clearance they had requested. Both airmen acknowledged hearing the gear horn while coming in to land, but we're singularly focused on the landing point of the power off 180 accuracy landing.

As the FAA filed it

N282ND LANDED GEAR UP AT BEAVER COUNTY AIRPORT ON AUGUST 15TH AT APPROXIMATELY 09:10AM LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST NEAR MIDFIELD. AFTER SPEAKING WITH BOTH THE AIRMEN ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT, THEY BOTH MENTIONED THAT THEY CONDUCTED A 360 DEGREE TURN WHILE ON DOWNWIND TO OBTAIN SPACING FOR THE SHORT APPROACH. THEY ELECTED NOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN AS THEY TYPICALLY WOULD DUE TO THE SPACING TURNS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN THE SHORT APPROACH CLEARANCE THEY HAD REQUESTED. BOTH AIRMEN ACKNOWLEDGED HEARING THE GEAR HORN WHILE COMING IN TO LAND, BUT WE'RE SINGULARLY FOCUSED ON THE LANDING POINT OF THE POWER OFF 180 ACCURACY LANDING.