# Accident 20100601041049A: Piper PA-44-180, Okmulgee, OK, June 1, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2010, 09:50 local time
- Place: Okmulgee, OK
- Airport: Okmulgee Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: DF2S
- Location: 35.6681° N, 95.9486° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6681&lon=-95.9486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9290P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9290P) (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 PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 90 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA311) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100601041049A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN INSTRUCTION FLIGHT DOING A PRACTICE ILS APPROACH.  UPON LANDING THE CREW ELECTED TO DO A TOUCH AND GO.  THE STUDENT PILOT INADVERTANTLY GRABBED THE GEAR HANDLE AND SELECTED IT TO THE UP POSISTION THINKING IT WAS THE FLAPS.  THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THE STUDENT DOING SO BUT COULD NOT RESPOND QUICK ENOUGH BEFORE THE GEAR HANLE WAS SELECTED IN THE UP POSITION, RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSING.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. CORRECTIVE ACTION: SCHOOL IS CHANGING POLICY TO PROHIBIT TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS.

## 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 CEN10CA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA311), Jun 1, 2010: Piper PA-44-180 (N9290P), Okmulgee, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s inadvertent retraction of the nose landing gear and the flight instructor's delayed response.

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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