# Accident 20050907024109A: Piper PA44180, Fertile, MN, September 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2005, 16:00 local time
- Place: Fertile, MN
- Airport: Fertile Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OG5S
- Location: 47.5519° N, 96.2919° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5519&lon=-96.2919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N291ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N291ND-2011-03-04) (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: 775 total, 58 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA258) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050907024109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT IN MULTIENGINE LAND AIRCRAFT WAS BEING GIVEN. THIS FLIGHT WAS THE STUDENT'S SECOND HOUR IN AN AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION WHILE INSTRUCTION WAS BEING GIVEN ON SIMULATED ENGINE OUT OPERATIONS AFTER TAKEOFF, FOLLOWED BY A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI05CA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA258), Sep 7, 2005: Piper PA-44-180 (N291ND), Fertile, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flightcrew's failure to extend the landing gear prior to touchdown, and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight.

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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