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FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Glendale, AZ · March 2, 2009

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Date
March 2, 2009 · 11:54 local
Place
Glendale, AZ
Airport
Glendale Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
I07S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N336PA
Reported as
Piper PA44180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1H6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
320 total38 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days
N336PARegistered now · Piper PA-44-180S/N 4496140 · Built 2002Airframe modelPiper PA-44-180Engine modelLycoming O-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) The aircraft was being operated by a part 141 school on a commercial multi-engine checkride. DPE pulled both the gear warning system and gear hydraulic circuit breakers to simulate an emergency gear system failure. Aircraft landed and both the nose gear and the right main gear retracted into their gear wells. The aircraft came to rest on its right wing and nose section of runway 1. #32 sdl FSDO is addressing this issue with the DPE.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY A PART 141 SCHOOL ON A COMMERCIAL MULTI-ENGINE CHECKRIDE. DPE PULLED BOTH THE GEAR WARNING SYSTEM AND GEAR HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS TO SIMULATE AN EMERGENCY GEAR SYSTEM FAILURE. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND BOTH THE NOSE GEAR AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED INTO THEIR GEAR WELLS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS RIGHT WING AND NOSE SECTION OF RUNWAY 1. #32 SDL FSDO IS ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE WITH THE DPE.