# Incident 20061228028889I: Piper PA44180, Atwater, CA, December 28, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2006, 10:15 local time
- Place: Atwater, CA
- Airport: Castle Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: K2QS
- Location: 37.3507° N, 120.5943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atwater, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3507&lon=-120.5943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2PW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2PW) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 907 total, 65 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061228028889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 28, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 PST INSTRUCTOR PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ AND CHINESE PRIVATE RATED STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WITH STUDENT PILOT ^PRIV^ AT CONTROLS MADE A NORMAL TAKEOFF RUNWAY 31 AT CASTLE AIRPORT (MER). THE STUDENT PILOT ^PRIV^ RAISED LANDING GEAR HANDLE AND RECEIVED NO INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT THAT THE GEAR HAD RETRACTED. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ THEN LOWERED THE GEAR HANDLE AND AGAIN RECEIVED NO INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT OF THE GEAR BEING UP, DOWN OR IN TRANSIT. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ CALLED CASTLE TOWER AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD ASSIST WITH A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE GEAR. A LOW APPROACH WAS PERFORMED AND THE TOWER CONTROLLER INFORMED THE PILOT THAT THE GEAR "APPEARED TO BE DOWN", ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT ^PRIVACY D^. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ MADE A NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN AND SLOWED THE AIRRAFT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND PERFORMED A NORMAL LANDING AT WHICH TIME THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ MAINTAINED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE BY USING RIGHT BRAKE, FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND BEGAN SHUTTING DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. THERE WAS NO FIRE OR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. WEATHER WAS NO FACTOR.

## Other reports on N2PW (1)

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

- [Incident 20010207002769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010207002769I), Feb 7, 2001: Piper PA44180 (N2PW), Frederick, MD, Minor damage. (-23)The flight instructor report that he and his student were returning from a lesson for a simulated single engine landing. The instructor stated that he and…

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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