# Incident 20000207003349I: Piper PA44180, Crafton, ND, February 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2000, 15:00 local time
- Place: Crafton, ND
- Airport: Grafton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N851ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N851ND) (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: 800 total, 160 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000207003349I

## Narrative

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

ON 2/07/2000 AT 0900 CST, A PA-44-180, N851ND OPERATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AND FLOWN BY DAVID M. WRIGHT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TAKEOFF AT GRAFTON, ND. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INITIATED A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKEOFF AND RETARDED BOTH MIXTURES WHEN THE STUDENT WAS HESITANT ON RETRADING THROTTLES.  IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED WITH THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE 180 FEET LATER.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICTED A FRACTURE TO THE LEFT MAIN GEAR OLEO SRTUT CYLINDER, CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE.  THE LEFT PROPELLER BLADES WERE ALSO CURLED AFT.

## Other reports on N851ND (2)

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

- [Incident 20120608019919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120608019919I), Jun 8, 2012: Piper PA-44-180 (N851ND), Arlington, TX, Minor damage. This incident occured on the afternoon of June 8, 2012, at the Arlington Municipal Airport, Arlington, Texas. The pilot was conducting an instructional flight…
- [Incident 19900211013689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900211013689I), Feb 11, 1990: Piper PA44180 (N851ND), Mayville, ND, Minor damage. Forgot to lower landing gear on a one engine crosswind landing training flight. Student set up bad pattern.

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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