# Incident 19960914032939I: Piper PA44180, Deland, FL, September 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1996, 15:45 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9666C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9666C-1998-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 500 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/19960914032939I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1996, A PIPER PA 44 AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNINTENTIONAL GEAR UP LANDING WHILE OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR 91 FLIGHT RULES ON A LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR/PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT HE AND THE PILOT MANIPULATING THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE DISTRACTED DUE TO TRAFFIC. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N9666C (2)

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

- [Incident 19900323024059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900323024059I), Mar 23, 1990: Piper PA44180 (N9666C), Richmond, VA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Inspection revealed that the gear collapsed due to high impact forces on nose wheel
- [Incident 19890904040529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890904040529I), Sep 4, 1989: Piper PA44180 (N9666C), Richmond, VA, Minor damage. Left gear collapsed as aircraft turned off runway. Found left trunion had failed.

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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