20240920015179I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Petersburg, WV · September 20, 2024

Date
September 20, 2024 · 15:20 local
Place
Petersburg, WV
Airport
Grant County Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N254AT
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-360-A1D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
232 total12 in this make and model31 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.

This flight was a check ride with an applicant and a DPE on board. The applicant was the PIC.

Both airman were distracted by converging glider traffic and landed with the landing gear in the up position. They also stated that the landing gear warning horn did not sound.

As the FAA filed it

THIS FLIGHT WAS A CHECK RIDE WITH AN APPLICANT AND A DPE ON BOARD. THE APPLICANT WAS THE PIC.

BOTH AIRMAN WERE DISTRACTED BY CONVERGING GLIDER TRAFFIC AND LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN DID NOT SOUND.