# Incident 19910730039109I: Piper PA44180, New Orleans, LA, July 30, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1991, 15:26 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&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: 1,430 total, 110 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910730039109I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLLOUT. FOUND GEAR STRUT WAS BROKEN BELOW HORIZONTAL TRUNNION.

## 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 19900508024969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900508024969I), May 8, 1990: Piper PA44180 (N2180B), Bay St Louis, MS, Minor damage. On simulated engine failure on takeoff, student retracted gear. Landed on remaining runway without extending gear.

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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