# Incident 20040310005349I: Piper PA44180, Prescott, AZ, March 10, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2004, 13:39 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BF8S
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N575ER (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,012 total, 213 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040310005349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATEMENT: THIS FLIGHT WAS A FA 208 STAGE CHECK. THE FLIGHT UP TO THE INCIDENT WAS NORMAL. THE TAKEOFF AND MANEUVERS IN THE PRACTICE AREA WERE ALL NORMAL. DURING THE FLIGHT, THE GEAR WAS CYCLED 3 OR 4 TIMES WITH NORMAL OPERATION WHILE AT ALTITUDE. THE FIRST LANDING PERFORMED ON RUNWAY 3 LEFT WAS NORMAL. THE GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY. THE NEXT LANDING WAS TO BE A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING, BUT DUE TO THE STUDENT'S UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE, THE LANDING WAS ABORTED (NO TOUCH DOWN WAS MADE), THE STAGE CHECK WAS CANCELLED, AND I TOOK THE CONTROLS FOR THE FINAL LANDING. WHILE ON DOWNWIND AT NORMAL PATTERN AIRSPEED (+-100KIAS), I EXTENDED THE GEAR AND NOTED 3 GREEN LIGHTS, NO RED LIGHT, AND THE NOSE WHEEL WAS VISIBLE IN THE MIRROR. ON SHORT FINAL FOR RUNWAY 3 RIGHT (APPROX. OVER HWY 89), I ASKED THE STUDENT TO VERIFY 3 GREEN AND HE DID. I DO NOT REMEMBER WHETHER OR NOT I VERIFIED THE MIRROR, BUT I DID VERIFY 3 GREEN A SECOND TIME. THE FINAL APPROACH SPEED WAS 80KIAS AND TOUCHDOWN WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT A NORMAL SPEED ON THE MAINS AND SMOOTHLY. UPON LOWERING THE NOSE, THE NOSE GEAR IMMEDIATELY OR ALMOST IMMEDIATELY COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE SMOOTHLY BUT QUICKLY CAME TO A STOP. TOWER ASKED IF WE WERE OKAY, TO WHICH I REPLIED YES. MY STUDENT AND I THEN EVACUATED THE AIRPLANE.

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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