OpenAirDocs.org

19971218041599I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Orlando, FL · December 18, 1997

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
December 18, 1997 · 09:30 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Airport
Orlando Sanford Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2103K
Reported as
Piper PA44180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,060 total90 in this make and model56 in the last 90 days
N2103KRegistration cancelled Oct 9, 2003 · Piper PA-44-180S/N 44-7995183 · Built 1978Airframe modelPiper PA-44-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: the control tower altered their normal approach procedure because of heavy traffic. The student pilot forgot to put the landing gear down. The instructor pilot did not correct the situation soon enough. The propeller tips, boarding step and tail skid touched the runway and were damaged. The instructor pilot initiated a go around. They put the landing gear down and made a normal landing.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE CONTROL TOWER ALTERED THEIR NORMAL APPROACH PROCEDURE BECAUSE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE STUDENT PILOT FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT DID NOT CORRECT THE SITUATION SOON ENOUGH. THE PROPELLER TIPS, BOARDING STEP AND TAIL SKID TOUCHED THE RUNWAY AND WERE DAMAGED. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND. THEY PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND MADE A NORMAL LANDING.

Other reports on N2103K · 3

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

Incident 19910807038609ILevel Off Touchdown · Orlando, FLStudent pilot with his instructor onboard made a hard landing.Aug 7, 1991 · Minor damageIncident 19901208061779ILevel Off Touchdown · Orlando, FLMade a hard landing and nose gear collapsed.Dec 8, 1990 · Minor damageIncident 19851109075169ILevel Off Touchdown · Miami, FLAfter practice missed approach aircraft was landed gear up.Nov 9, 1985 · Minor damage