20070129000739I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Atwater, CA · January 29, 2007

Date
January 29, 2007 · 18:49 local
Place
Atwater, CA
Airport
Castle Afb
Phase of flight
Sfl Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3125G
Reported as
Piper PA44180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
882 total225 in this make and model191 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) The CFI simulated an engine failure near the final approach fix after the student had selected approach flaps and gear down. To reduce drag the student properly raised the gear and retracted the flaps. Neither the student or the CFI remembered to lower the landing gear when landing was assured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE CFI SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE NEAR THE FINAL APPROACH FIX AFTER THE STUDENT HAD SELECTED APPROACH FLAPS AND GEAR DOWN. TO REDUCE DRAG THE STUDENT PROPERLY RAISED THE GEAR AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS. NEITHER THE STUDENT OR THE CFI REMEMBERED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR WHEN LANDING WAS ASSURED.