# Incident 20050916023419I: Piper PA44180, Davis, CA, September 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2005, 02:17 local time
- Place: Davis, CA
- Airport: University Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5315° N, 121.7865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at UNIVERSITY (EDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5315&lon=-121.7865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9VZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9VZ-2018-06-04) (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: 44,000 total, 232 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050916023419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS WAS THE SECOND INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT IN A MULTI-ENGINE AIRPLANE FOR PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^. INSTRUCTION WAS BEING GIVEN BY CFI ^PRIVACY DATA O^. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ STATED THAT THEY DEPARTED SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 LOCAL AND FLEW DIRECT TO UNIVERSITY AIRPORT. HE STATED THAT HE COMPLETED THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST AND LOWERED 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS ON DOWNWIND, 25 DEGREES OF FLAPS ON BASE AND THEN FULL FLAPS ON FINAL. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR A GEAR WARNING HORN ON SHORT FINAL OR AS HE TOUCHED DOWN. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT BELLY TOUCHED THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DAT^ STATED THAT "WE DID GUMPS CHECKLIST (GAS-ON MAINS, PUMPS ON; UNDERCARRIAGE-SELECTED DOWN; MIXTURE-RICH; PROPS-HIGH RPM; SEATBELTS-FASTENED). HE STATED THAT THE 3 GREEN GEAR LIGHTS WERE DIM BUT APPEARED TO BE INDICATING DOWN. HE STATED THAT THE APPROACH APPEARED NORMAL WITHOUT ANY GEAR UNSAFE INDICATIONS. THE PROPS STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N9VZ (2)

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

- [Incident 20150923018099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150923018099I), Sep 23, 2015: Piper PA-44-180 (N9VZ), Sacramento, CA, Substantial damage. CFI & student were excuting a simulated single enging landing, during a training flight in preparation for a practical evalution. Approximately 1400 feet down…
- [Incident 19990428016599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990428016599I), Apr 28, 1999: Piper PA44180 (N9VZ), St James, MN, Minor damage. Lost control in crosswind.

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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