# Incident 20060915020869I: Piper PA44180, Ft Lauderdale, FL, September 15, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2006, 11:15 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36785, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36785-2007-04-30) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060915020869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 THE PILOT LANDED A PA-44 (N36785) GEAR UP AT THE FT. LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (FXE) IN FLORIDA. THE PILOT DID NOT ENSURE THE GEAR WAS IN THE FULL DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION AFTER SELECTING WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE DOWN POSITION ON THE GEAR SELECTION SWITCH.

## Other reports on N36785 (2)

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

- [Incident 19891214063249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891214063249I), Dec 14, 1989: Piper PA44180 (N36785), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Found numerous worn out parts in landing gear assembley.
- [Incident 19891130063889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891130063889I), Nov 30, 1989: Piper PA44180 (N36785), Long Beach, CA. Unsafe gear light before landing. Manually extended gear. Gear pump motor had failed.

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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