# Incident 20070129000739I: Piper PA44180, Atwater, CA, January 29, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2007, 18:49 local time
- Place: Atwater, CA
- Airport: Castle Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N3125G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3125G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 882 total, 225 in this make and model, 191 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070129000739I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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