19951025034449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Elizabethtown, NC · October 25, 1995

Date
October 25, 1995 · 18:45 local
Place
Elizabethtown, NC
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
XBDV
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2241V
Reported as
Piper PA44180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: during this VFR training flight the pilot was receiving instruction from a certified flight instructor in the subject of landings and takeoffs. Witness stated that several successful attempts had been performed. On the third attempt, the instructor stated that he failed to inform the student pilot to check the gear, the result was the aircraft landed gear-up on the runway. Aircraft sustained minor damage which consisted of both propellers damaged, left inboard at the trailing edge appear to have contacted the runway surface causing scraping damage, also the same type of damage was noted to the r/h inboard flap. There were several superficial scratches and scrape markings on the underside of the aircraft. Incident is still under investigation.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING THIS VFR TRAINING FLIGHT THE PILOT WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN THE SUBJECT OF LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS. WITNESS STATED THAT SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS HAD BEEN PERFORMED. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT, THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE FAILED TO INFORM THE STUDENT PILOT TO CHECK THE GEAR, THE RESULT WAS THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR-UP ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHICH CONSISTED OF BOTH PROPELLERS DAMAGED, LEFT INBOARD AT THE TRAILING EDGE APPEAR TO HAVE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE CAUSING SCRAPING DAMAGE, ALSO THE SAME TYPE OF DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE R/H INBOARD FLAP. THERE WERE SEVERAL SUPERFICIAL SCRATCHES AND SCRAPE MARKINGS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

Other reports on N2241V · 1

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