# Incident 19970313007749I: Piper PA44180, Atlanta, GA, March 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1997, 19:30 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2882C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2882C) (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: 2,200 total, 500 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970313007749I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LANDED AND DURING BRAKE ACTION RIGHT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED. DAMAGE TO FLAPS, AILERON UNDER WING SKIN, PROPELLER AND SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT FOUND RIGHT GEAR DOWN LATCH HAD TO BE MANUALLY MOVED TO DOWN LOCK POSITION DUE TO STIFFNESS OF MOVEMENT. AIRCRAFT FRESH OUT OF PAINT SHOP. DOWN LOCKS COULD HAVE BEEN SPRAYED WITH PAINT REMOVER. RESIDUE MATERIAL ON LOCK HOOK. AIRCRAFT INSPECTED BY EPPS AVIATION . INSPECTION REPORTS DOWN LOCK HOOK NOT GREASED AND APPEARED TO HAVE A MATERIAL SIMILIAR TO PAINT STRIPPER ON HOOK AREA. HOOK WOULD NOT MOVE. HAD TO BE FORCED MANUALLY.

## Other reports on N2882C (4)

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

- [Incident 20190714011769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190714011769I), Jul 14, 2019: Piper PA-44-180 (N2882C), Broomfield, CO, Minor damage. On July 14,2019, a PA44, N2882C piloted by instructor [privacy data omitted] and his student, [privacy data omitted] on a part 91 flight had a prop strike…
- [Incident 20010726025199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010726025199I), Jul 26, 2001: Piper PA44180 (N2882C), Winters/Davis/W, CA, Minor damage. (-23) During a practice single engine approach, instructor/student forgot to lower landing gear.
- [Incident 19900626040579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900626040579I), Jun 26, 1990: Piper PA44180 (N2882C), Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Nose wheel collapsed on landing rollout.
- [Incident 19820128005749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820128005749I), Jan 28, 1982: Piper PA44180 (N2882C), Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear failed to retract. Collapsed on landing. AN420 belt missing from drag link assembly.

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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