# Incident 20030218001729I: Piper PA44180, Portland, OR, February 18, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland/Hillsboro Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5421° N, 122.9507° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND-HILLSBORO (HIO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5421&lon=-122.9507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2163N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2163N-2012-03-13) (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: 1,172 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030218001729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A CLOSED PATTERN AT HIO WITH CFI AND STUDENT ON BOARD. THE STUDENT SELECTED "GEAR DOWN". THE LANDING GEAR ANNUNCIATORS INDICATED THREE (3) GEAR SAFE AND THE GEAR UNSAFE ANNUNCIATORS SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE NOSE GEAR POSITION WAS CHECKED VISUALLY VIA THE L/H NACELLE MIRROR. THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. A LOW PASS WAS REQUESTED THROUGH HIO TOWER AND WAS APPROVED. HIO TOWER VERIFIED THAT ALL THREE LANDING GEAR APPEARED T BE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING ON HIO RUNWAY 20. ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT WAS KEPT ON THE MAIN GEAR FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. UPON LOWERING THE NOSE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP TO THE SIDE OF RUNWAY 20. ALL OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS AND NOSE GEAR DOORS. CONDITION OF THE ENGINES IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N2163N (5)

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

- [Accident 20111130027571A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111130027571A), Nov 30, 2011: Piper PA-44-180 (N2163N), Seattle, WA, Destroyed. On November 30, 2011, at 1933 pacific standard time, a Piper PA-44-180, N2163N, registered to and operated by hillsboro aviation, hillsboro, Oregon, as a title…
- [Incident 20090423005149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090423005149I), Apr 23, 2009: Piper PA44180 (N2163N), Portland, OR, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot and instructor were flying VOR a approach to Hillsboro. Gear was lowered and confirmed by the pilot and CFI separately, at the initial approach…
- [Incident 20060215008239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060215008239I), Feb 15, 2006: Piper PA44180 (N2163N), Mulino, OR, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft landed at Mulino, Oregon (4S9), a few seconds after touch down the nose gear collapsed. The pilot said the gear down indicator indicated…
- [Incident 20000622035059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000622035059I), Jun 22, 2000: Piper PA44180 (N2163N), Aurora, OR, Minor damage. (-23)Instructor [privacy data omitted] and multi-engine student [privacy data omitted] made a VFR approach to the Aurora State Airport (3S2) for a practice…
- [Incident 19810728058199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810728058199I), Jul 28, 1981: Piper PA44180 (N2163N), Raleigh, NC, Minor damage. Za rt engine oil leak landed. Found prop model HC-C2YP-2CLEUF leaking. Repaired. Pilot not instrument rated.

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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