# Incident 20081123852759I: Piper PA44180, Phoenix, AZ, November 23, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2008, 18:21 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N440PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N440PA) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081123852759I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PREPARING TO LAND FOLLOWING A TRAINING FLIGHT, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. PILOT ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES TO CYCLE GEAR TO CORRECT THE SITUATION WITH NO CHANGE. PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WITH NO CHANGE. AFTER CONFERRING WITH GROUND PERSONNEL AND DVT TOWER, WHICH STATED NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN, THE PILOT THEN TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT IN WHICH THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY AND BOTH PILOTS DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN MOVED FROM THE RUNWAY TO COMPANY REPAIR STATION UNTIL INSPECTORS FROM SCOTTSDALE FSDO ARRIVED.

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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