What happened
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(-23)On 2/22/2000, at 2105 CST , a PA-44-180, N190ND, owned by the university of north dakota and flown by peter michaels landed gear-up at Grand Forks, ND int'k airport. The instructional flight had returned from a nigth cross country and was conducting a simulated single engine appraoch and landing with the intention of remaining in the pattern ofr additional stop and go landings. Although both the flight instructor and student reported that the landing gear was down and locked prior to touchdown, inspection of the aircraft indicates the gear to be in the up position at touchdown. Gear retraction tests were conducted at the und maintenance facility with no abnormalities found. It was noted during the removal of the aircraft from the runway that the landing gear was being held in the up position by hydraulic pressure on the up side of the gear actuators which would be the normal situation with the gear selected up. Typical of a collapse would be for the gear to free fall dowb as there are no uplocks. Damage consisted of the propellers both culred aft, scraping on gear door; left flap and entry step bent, belly antennas broken. No injuries were sustained by either occupant.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)ON 2/22/2000, AT 2105 CST , A PA-44-180, N190ND, OWNED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AND FLOWN BY PETER MICHAELS LANDED GEAR-UP AT GRAND FORKS, ND INT'K AIRPORT. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT HAD RETURNED FROM A NIGTH CROSS COUNTRY AND WAS CONDUCTING A SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE APPRAOCH AND LANDING WITH THE INTENTION OF REMAINING IN THE PATTERN OFR ADDITIONAL STOP AND GO LANDINGS. ALTHOUGH BOTH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT REPORTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATES THE GEAR TO BE IN THE UP POSITION AT TOUCHDOWN. GEAR RETRACTION TESTS WERE CONDUCTED AT THE UND MAINTENANCE FACILITY WITH NO ABNORMALITIES FOUND. IT WAS NOTED DURING THE REMOVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS BEING HELD IN THE UP POSITION BY HYDRAULIC PRESSURE ON THE UP SIDE OF THE GEAR ACTUATORS WHICH WOULD BE THE NORMAL SITUATION WITH THE GEAR SELECTED UP. TYPICAL OF A COLLAPSE WOULD BE FOR THE GEAR TO FREE FALL DOWB AS THERE ARE NO UPLOCKS. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF THE PROPELLERS BOTH CULRED AFT, SCRAPING ON GEAR DOOR; LEFT FLAP AND ENTRY STEP BENT, BELLY ANTENNAS BROKEN. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY EITHER OCCUPANT.
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