# Incident 20060329007469I: Piper PA44180, Cahokia, IL, March 29, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2006, 16:30 local time
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Airport: St Louis Downtown-Parks Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5709° N, 90.1901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cahokia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5709&lon=-90.1901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N552PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N552PC) (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: 495 total, 135 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060329007469I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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