# Incident 19960324009949I: Piper PA44180, Sanford, FL, March 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1996, 13:25 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Central Florida Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7845° N, 81.2761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7845&lon=-81.2761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39670, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39670-2008-04-10) (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: 765 total, 68 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960324009949I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 24, 1996, AT 1325 EST, A PIPER PA44-180, N39670, OWNED BY THE COMAIR AVIATION ACADEMY, INC., AND PILOTED BY MR. CHRISTOPHER R. WALTERS, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED (UP), DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT, AT THE ORLANDO SANFORD AIRPORT, NEAR SANFORD, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, BUT THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT MR. CHRISTOPHER R. WALTERS, HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING, NUMBER 161669026. THE TRAINING FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ORLANDO SANFORD AIRPORT, SANFORD, FLORIDA, ON MARCH 24, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 EST. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N39670 (2)

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

- [Incident 19950720026349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950720026349I), Jul 20, 1995: Piper PA44180 (N39670), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. Unable extend nose gear. Landed nose gear up.
- [Incident 19910609027979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910609027979I), Jun 9, 1991: Piper PA44180 (N39670), Titusville, FL, Minor damage. Almost landed gear up. Made go around when prop struck runway. Circuit breaker had tripped. Reset breaker. Landed.

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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