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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Cahokia, IL · March 29, 2006

Date: March 29, 2006 · 16:30 local
Place: Cahokia, IL
Airport: St Louis Downtown-Parks Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N552PC
Reported as: Piper PA44180
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 495 total135 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

N552PCRegistered now · Piper PA-44-180S/N 4496069 · Built 2001 Airframe modelPiper PA-44-180 Engine modelLycoming 0-360-A1DReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Student and flight instructor were practicing take offs and landings. On the last short field landing attempt, the student and instructor pilot noticed a high sink rate that they were unable to properly correct. Aircraft landed hard striking the tail on the pavement. Aircraft tail tie down ring was scraped, aft bulkhead dented slightly, and bottom rudder fairing was scraped.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE PRACTICING TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS. ON THE LAST SHORT FIELD LANDING ATTEMPT, THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR PILOT NOTICED A HIGH SINK RATE THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROPERLY CORRECT. AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD STRIKING THE TAIL ON THE PAVEMENT. AIRCRAFT TAIL TIE DOWN RING WAS SCRAPED, AFT BULKHEAD DENTED SLIGHTLY, AND BOTTOM RUDDER FAIRING WAS SCRAPED.