# Incident 19900508024969I: Piper PA44180, Bay St Louis, MS, May 8, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1990, 11:00 local time
- Place: Bay St Louis, MS
- Airport: Stennis International Aprt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3235° N, 89.3588° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bay St. Louis, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3235&lon=-89.3588&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2180B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2180B-2020-07-10) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 100 in this make and model, 360 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900508024969I

## Narrative

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

ON SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKEOFF, STUDENT RETRACTED GEAR. LANDED ON REMAINING RUNWAY WITHOUT EXTENDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N2180B (2)

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

- [Incident 19940617024259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940617024259I), Jun 17, 1994: Piper PA44180 (N2180B), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. Student confused on gear position, raised gear on flare. CFI made go around and landed normal. Props flaps damage.
- [Incident 19910730039109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910730039109I), Jul 30, 1991: Piper PA44180 (N2180B), New Orleans, LA, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found gear strut was broken below horizontal trunnion.

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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