# Incident 19810610037279I: Piper PA44180, Circleville, OH, June 10, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1981, 19:05 local time
- Place: Circleville, OH
- Airport: Circleville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6012° N, 82.9325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Circleville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6012&lon=-82.9325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2242U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2242U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,600 total, 250 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810610037279I

## Narrative

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

PILOT PULLED GEAR BREAKER INFLIGHT TO ILLIMINATE LIGHT AND FORGOT TO PUSH IT BACK IN BEFORE LANDING.GEAR UP LANDING

## Other reports on N2242U (1)

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

- [Incident 20181129017779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181129017779I), Nov 29, 2018: Piper PA-44-180 (N2242U), Trenton, NJ, Minor damage. The cfi/mei was at the controls of the aircraft returning from the practice area. He planned on making the approach and landing to give the multi-engine…

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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