# Incident 20051212031349I: Piper PA44180, Phoenix, AZ, December 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2005, 09:00 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Williams Gateway Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N854ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N854ND) (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: 7,027 total, 350 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051212031349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE CFI PILOT WAS INSTRUCTING ANOTHER CFI FOR A "MULTI-ENGINE INSTRUCTOR" RATING AT WILLIAMS-GATEWAY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (IWA). WHILE PRACTICING SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF THE BRAKES WERE THEN APPLIED AND THE LEFT WING SETTLED TO THE GROUND AS THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR OLEO SHEARED. THE LEFT HAND PROPELLER ALSO CONTACTED THE GROUND, STOPPING THE LEFT ENGINE. THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN NORMALLY AND THE FLIGHT CREW EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO POST EVENT FIRE.

## Other reports on N854ND (1)

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

- [Incident 20110207002059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110207002059I), Feb 7, 2011: Piper PA-44-180 (N854ND), Savoy, IL, Minor damage. N854ND landed after completing an ILS approach to rwy 32R. After landing they were instructed to turn right at taxiway A-5. After completing the right turn and…

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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