# Incident 20060320008959I: Piper PA44180, Dekalb, IL, March 20, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2006, 10:20 local time
- Place: Dekalb, IL
- Airport: Dekalb Taylor Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9338° N, 88.7057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DE KALB TAYLOR MUNI (DKB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9338&lon=-88.7057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N243AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N243AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 385 total, 275 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060320008959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FOR CFI MEL, THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND WITH THE GEAR UP AT DEKALB AIRPORT, IL. THE PILOT HEARD A METALLIC SOUND OF SOMETHING DRAGGING ON THE RUNWAY, EXECUTED A GO-AROUND AND NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED. THEY LANDED AND FOUND BOTH PROPELLERS DAMAGED FROM CONTACTING THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N243AT (1)

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

- [Incident 20140607013799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140607013799I), Jun 7, 2014: Piper PA-44-180 (N243AT), Blythe, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft was flying from iwa to ral. During the flight the pilot?s window (an emergency exit) blew out over an unpopulated area of desert. The pilot declared…

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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