# Incident 19951025034449I: Piper PA44180, Elizabethtown, NC, October 25, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1995, 18:45 local time
- Place: Elizabethtown, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: XBDV
- Location: 34.6215° N, 78.6063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elizabethtown, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6215&lon=-78.6063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2241V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2241V-2004-06-29) (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: 6,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951025034449I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19950503012439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950503012439I), May 3, 1995: Piper PA44180 (N2241V), Fayetteville, NC, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed landing. CFI states had three greens and gear down in convex mirror.

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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