# Incident 20030811020269I: Piper PA44180, Phoenix, AZ, August 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2003, 14:57 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N923RS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N923RS-2018-03-07) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,326 total, 164 in this make and model, 144 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030811020269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT, CREW WAS SIMULATING A LEFT ENGINE OUT LANDING ON RUNWAY 25L. CREW REPORTS THEY VERIFIED THREE GREEN LIGHTS FOR THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAINS AND WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED THE RUNWAY THEY HEARD A NOISE AND THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE SETTLED DOWN TO THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE GEAR PULLED FROM THE WELL, THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE.

## Other reports on N923RS (2)

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

- [Accident 20140324004839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140324004839A), Mar 24, 2014: Piper PA-44-180 (N923RS), Brunswick, GA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On March 24, 2014 about 1755 eastern daylight time (EDT), a Piper PA-44-180, N923RS, was destroyed when it broke up in flight following an inflight breakup and…
- [Incident 20020526012509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020526012509I), May 26, 2002: Piper PA44180 (N923RS), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot failed to complete prelanding check list and landed gear up.

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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