# Accident 20091022050499A: Piper PA-44-180, Grand Forks, ND, October 22, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2009, 10:01 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Mark Andrews Int'L
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: OG5S
- Location: 47.9472° N, 97.1739° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9472&lon=-97.1739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N593ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N593ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1H6 (registry code 42399, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1h6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 140 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091022050499A

## Narrative

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

CFI AND STUDENT PILOT WERE CONDUCTING A EVALUATION FLIGHT PRIOR TO CHECKRIDE. CFI AND STUDENT DID NOT FOLLOW CHECKLISTS RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN10CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA026), Oct 22, 2009: Piper PA-44-180 (N593ND), Grand Forks, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to ensure the landing gear was extended prior to landing.

## Other reports on N593ND (2)

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

- [Incident 20250721009249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250721009249I), Jul 21, 2025: Piper PA-44-180 (N593ND), Leesburg, FL, Minor damage. On July 21, 2025 at approximately 1108 EST, a Piper PA-44-180 departed orlando apopka airport (X04), orlando, Florida with an instructor and a second pilot…
- [Incident 20150217001339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150217001339I), Feb 17, 2015: Piper PA-44-180 (N593ND), Coolidge, AZ, Minor damage. During flight instruction and while conducting a short field approach to land aircraft N593ND at the Coolidge municipal airport, AZ (P08) onto runway 5, the…

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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