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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Milton, FL · April 17, 2026

Date
April 17, 2026 · 11:00 local
Place
Milton, FL
Airport
Peter Prince Field Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
GDXS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1940T
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total

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.

While landing aircraft on runway 36 student pilot inadvertently raised the landing gear lever when he thought he was raising the flaps resulting in the landing gear being retracted.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 36 STUDENT PILOT INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER WHEN HE THOUGHT HE WAS RAISING THE FLAPS RESULTING IN THE LANDING GEAR BEING RETRACTED.