# Incident 19950413011139I: Piper PA44180, Fort Pierce, FL, April 13, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1995, 09:00 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ECPA
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22044, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22044-2003-03-11) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 234 total, 30 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950413011139I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 13, 1995 AT 0900 EST, PIPER PA-44, N22044, OWNED BY FLIGHT SAFETY INTERNATIONAL, INC., AND PILOTED BY DANIEL ROBERT RICKER WAS DAMAGED DURING AN ABORTED LANDING AT ST. LUCIE COUNTY INT'L AIRPORT, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HELD A VALID PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT VERO BEACH, FLORIDA ON APRIL 13, 1995 AT 0750 EST. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N22044 (1)

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

- [Incident 19870707051349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870707051349I), Jul 7, 1987: Piper PA44180 (N22044), Longmont, CO, Minor damage. The instructor failed to notice the trainee did not lower gear. The aircraft landed with the wheels retracted.

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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