# Incident 20000222022279I: Piper PA44180, Grand Forks, ND, February 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2000, 21:05 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Grand Forks-Mark Andrews International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9196° N, 97.0873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Forks, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9196&lon=-97.0873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N190ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N190ND-2019-11-01) (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: 610 total, 80 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000222022279I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## Other reports on N190ND (3)

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

- [Accident 20160707016519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160707016519A), Jul 7, 2016: Piper PA-44-180 (N190ND), Keene, NH, Substantial damage. An unintentional landing occurred in Piper seminole N190ND on July 7, 2016 at approximately 11:50 am at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport. This was an instructional…
- [Incident 20080229011869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080229011869I), Feb 29, 2008: Piper PA44180 (N190ND), Bedford, MA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] was on final into bed at approximately 1720 on 02/29/08. Pilot's written and oral statements indicate landing approach…
- [Accident 19940213001999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940213001999A), Feb 13, 1994: Piper PA44180 (N190ND), Grand Forks, ND, Substantial damage. Unsafe right gear on extension unable positive lock. Gear collapsed landing. Cotter pin on scissors caught wires.

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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