# Incident 20080305013759I: Piper PA44180, Orlando, FL, March 5, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2008, 16:00 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N167CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N167CA-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,181 total, 399 in this make and model, 198 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080305013759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND A STUDENT WERE PRACTICING A GPS APPROACH IN A MULTIENGINE AIRPLANE INTO SANFORD, FLORIDA TO RUNWAY 27R. THE STUDENT PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND THE INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE STUDENT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND FORGOT TO EXTEND IT BEFORE THE PROPELLERS HIT THE RUNWAY. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS AND MADE A GO-AROUND. ON DOWNWIND THEY LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND MADE A LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS, BOTTOM RADIO ANTENNA, AND ASSIST STEP. THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED.

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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