# Incident 20040719020199I: Piper PA44180, Rochester, MN, July 19, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2004, 12:58 local time
- Place: Rochester, MN
- Airport: Rochester Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9083° N, 92.5000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROCHESTER INTL (RST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9083&lon=-92.5000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2197K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2197K-2019-10-29) (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: 950 total, 168 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040719020199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE DOING SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE WORK IN PATTERN AT ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KRST) PILOTS WAITED ON GEAR UNTIL LANDING ASSURED. CREW OF TWO FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS BECAME PREOCCUPIED WITH APPROACH AND FAILED TO EXTEND GEAR. PILOT ON CONTROLS ATTEMPTED TO ABORT LANDING AT LAST INSTANT. INTENT WAS TO STAY IN GROUND EFFECT AND EXTEND GEAR AND THEN LAND ON REMAINING LENGTH OF RUNWAY 13 WHICH IS 7533 FEET LONG. CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD AND GIVING THE PROFICIENCY CHECK DECLARED THAT PROPS HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND TOLD PILOT TO CHOP POWER AND LAND. MINOR DAMAGE TO PROPS, FLAPS, FUSELAGE BOTTOM, AND TAIL HOLD DOWN RING SUSTAINED.

## Other reports on N2197K (2)

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

- [Incident 19910330017729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910330017729I), Mar 30, 1991: Piper PA44180 (N2197K), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. Right main landing gear collapsed on rollout. Right gear trunnion assembly had broken away from attach fitting.
- [Accident 19880725027889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880725027889A), Jul 25, 1988: Piper PA44180 (N2197K), Sanford, FL, Substantial damage. CFI allowed aircraft to veer on the touch and go by students incorrect control inputs. Side load collapsed the gear

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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