# Incident 20060421006739I: Piper PA44180, Cahokia, IL, April 21, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2006, 14:30 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: N554PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N554PC-2008-04-09) (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: 495 total, 135 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/20060421006739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR ^PRIV^ AND STUDENT ^PRIVAC^ WERE PRACTICING TAKE OFFS & LANDINGS. UPON TOUCH DOWN ON MAINS, BOTH INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT REPORTED THAT NOSE OF AIRCRAFT SETTLED DOWN TO THE GROUND AS NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF BOTH PROPS, NLG DOORS, NOSE BOWL, NLG DOWNLOCK BENT.

## Other reports on N554PC (1)

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

- [Accident 20080207011029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080207011029A), Feb 7, 2008: Piper PA44180 (N554PC), Cahokia/St Lou, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) On February 7, 2008, aircraft N554PC was on a 14 CFR part 141 training flight performing a simulated single engine night circling maneuver. Upon turning…

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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