# Incident 19900621047399I: Piper PA44180, Cottonwood, AZ, June 21, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1990, 08:45 local time
- Place: Cottonwood, AZ
- Airport: Cottonwood Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7301° N, 112.0351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COTTONWOOD (P52), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7301&lon=-112.0351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39776, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39776-2018-03-23) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,167 total, 141 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900621047399I

## Narrative

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

ALMOST LANDED GEAR UP. GO-AROUND MADE AS PROPELLER TIPS STRUCK RUNWAY. LANDED SAFELY ON SECOND TRY.

## Other reports on N39776 (2)

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

- [Accident 19980918025479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980918025479A), Sep 18, 1998: Piper PA44180 (N39776), Titusville, FL, Substantial damage. Acft landed, the left gear collapsed, and the acft slid off of rwy 18.(.19)on September 18, 1998, about 0831 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-44-180, N39776,…
- [Accident 19901112049729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901112049729A), Nov 12, 1990: Piper PA44180 (N39776), Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. Right main landing gear trunion attach fitting broke landing. Went around, burned off fuel and landed gear up.

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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