# Incident 20260520007009I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28R-201, Canandaigua, NY, May 20, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2026, 14:27 local time
- Place: Canandaigua, NY
- Airport: Canandaigua Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BIWS
- Location: 42.9089° N, 77.3252° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CANANDAIGUA (IUA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9089&lon=-77.3252&mi=10
- Aircraft: N165LH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N165LH) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,672 total, 300 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260520007009I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 20, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:27 EDT, A PIPER PA-28R, OPERATED BY A CFI AND A STUDENT, LANDED ON RUNWAY 31 AT IUA. THE OCCUPANTS REPORTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN AND THAT THE DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED, EVIDENCE INDICATES THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. BOTH THE CFI AND STUDENT WERE UNHARMED. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE NOT A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY 45 MINUTES POST LANDING.

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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