# Incident 19981030043129I: Piper PA44180, Devils Lake, ND, October 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: Devils Lake, ND
- Airport: Devils Lake Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1166° N, 98.9100° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEVILS LAKE RGNL (DVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1166&lon=-98.9100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N191ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N191ND) (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: 943 total, 178 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981030043129I

## Narrative

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

(-5)THE FLIGHT, CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDENT INSTRUCTION, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO WAS ALSO THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED AND FAILED TO ASSURE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION.

## Other reports on N191ND (1)

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

- [Incident 20210414006029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210414006029I), Apr 14, 2021: Piper PA-44-180 (N191ND), Beaver Falls, PA, Minor damage. Nose landing gear collapsed upon landing on runway 28 at Beaver County Airport (bvi). Upon inspection, the nose landing gear drag link pivot bolt was found…

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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