# Incident 20090710020339I: Piper PA44180, Hillsboro, TX, July 10, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2009, 15:00 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, TX
- Airport: Hillsboro Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0836° N, 97.0973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILLSBORO MUNI (INJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0836&lon=-97.0973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36737, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36737-2019-05-04) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 605 total, 141 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090710020339I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE ON INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  SHUT DOWN ONE ENGINE FOR TRAINING PURPOSES.  ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART.  DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS HIGH SO INSTRUCTOR/PIC DECIDED TO LAND AT THE HILLSBORO AIRPORT.  INADVERTANTLY, THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED DURING THE APPROACH.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP AND CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY.  NEITHER INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT WERE INJURED.  AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N36737 (2)

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

- [Incident 20110824018619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110824018619I), Aug 24, 2011: Piper PA-44-180 (N36737), Arlington, TX, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Was receiving a commercial multiengine practical exam from [privacy data omitted]. [privacy data omitted] Set up to demonstrate a short…
- [Accident 19820405008429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820405008429A), Apr 5, 1982: Piper PA44180 (N36737), Mcsherrytown, PA, Substantial damage. Night landing without landing lights due to snowshowers. Ran into unlighted open ditch that protrudes into runway.

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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