# Incident 20081026855909I: Piper PA44180, Crystal River, FL, October 26, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2008, 15:05 local time
- Place: Crystal River, FL
- Airport: Crystal River
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8672° N, 82.5710° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Crystal River Airport (CGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8672&lon=-82.5710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59CW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59CW) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360E1A6D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081026855909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1405 LOCAL N59CW DEPARTED KPIE TO THE WEST AND THEN FOLLOWED THE COAST LINE NORTH BOUND.  THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR FLEW TO CRYSTAL RIVER AIRPORT (KCGC) TO CONDUCT TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS.  DURING THEIR THIRD APPROACH TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 THE INCIDENT HAPPENED.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1505 LOCAL TIME THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHDOWN AND THE MAIN GEAR BEGAN THE ROLL OUT.  THE STUDENT REDUCED POWER AND REACHED OVER RAISED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE.  IMMEDIATELY THE GEAR MOTOR ACTIVATED AND WITHIN SECONDS THE GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT SLIDING ON ITS BELLY DOWN THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT CONTROL WAS MAINTAINED THROUGH OUT THE SLIDE, AND AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, THE CHECKLIST WAS FOLLOWED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED WITH NO INJURIES.

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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