# Incident 20090423005149I: Piper PA44180, Portland, OR, April 23, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2009, 20:44 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland-Hillsboro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: LJES
- Location: 45.5421° N, 122.9507° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND-HILLSBORO (HIO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5421&lon=-122.9507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2163N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2163N-2012-03-13) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 615 total, 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090423005149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE FLYING VOR A APPROACH TO HILLSBORO.  GEAR WAS LOWERED AND CONFIRMED BY THE PILOT AND CFI SEPARATELY, AT THE INITIAL APPROACH FIX.  GEAR WAS AGAIN SEPARATELY CONFIRMED DOWN BY BOTH THE PILOT AND CFI ON BASE AND AGAIN ON FINAL.  TOWER COULD NOT SEE AS IT WAS NIGHT.  AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N2163N (5)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20111130027571A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111130027571A), Nov 30, 2011: Piper PA-44-180 (N2163N), Seattle, WA, Destroyed. On November 30, 2011, at 1933 pacific standard time, a Piper PA-44-180, N2163N, registered to and operated by hillsboro aviation, hillsboro, Oregon, as a title…
- [Incident 20060215008239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060215008239I), Feb 15, 2006: Piper PA44180 (N2163N), Mulino, OR, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft landed at Mulino, Oregon (4S9), a few seconds after touch down the nose gear collapsed. The pilot said the gear down indicator indicated…
- [Incident 20030218001729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030218001729I), Feb 18, 2003: Piper PA44180 (N2163N), Portland, OR, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft was in a closed pattern at hio with CFI and student on board. The student selected "gear down". The landing gear annunciators indicated…
- [Incident 20000622035059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000622035059I), Jun 22, 2000: Piper PA44180 (N2163N), Aurora, OR, Minor damage. (-23)Instructor [privacy data omitted] and multi-engine student [privacy data omitted] made a VFR approach to the Aurora State Airport (3S2) for a practice…
- [Incident 19810728058199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810728058199I), Jul 28, 1981: Piper PA44180 (N2163N), Raleigh, NC, Minor damage. Za rt engine oil leak landed. Found prop model HC-C2YP-2CLEUF leaking. Repaired. Pilot not instrument rated.

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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