# Incident 20120214002159I: Piper PA-44-180, Coatsville, PA, February 14, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2012, 12:40 local time
- Place: Coatsville, PA
- Airport: Chester County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9852° N, 75.8190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coatesville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9852&lon=-75.8190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2085B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2085B-2013-08-12) (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: 8,087 total, 209 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120214002159I

## Narrative

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

ON 02/14/2012 A PIPER SEMINOLE (PA-44-180), REGISTRATION NUMBER N2085B MADE A LANDING ON RUNWAY 29 WITHOUT THE GEAR EXTENDED (GEAR UP LANDING) AT CHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT IN COATESVILLE, PA (KMQS). THE INSTRUCTOR THAT WAS INVOLVED HAD ALREADY LEFT, BUT DID LEAVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT. THE OTHER PILOT WAS STILL THERE. A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE INSTRUCTOR (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) INDICATED THAT HE  WAS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION IN SAID AIRCRAFT , AND WAS PRACTICING SINGLE-ENGINE OPERATIONS. ON THE THE LAST APPROACH, HE BROUGHT THE RIGHT ENGINE BACK TO "ZERO THRUST". PREVIOUS APPROACHES WERE CIRCLING APPROACHES TO THE OPPOSITE RUNWAY, HOWEVER ON THIS ONE, THEY WERE "TOO LOW" FOR CIRCLING, AND CONTINUED FOR A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY, AND FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN.I SPOKE WITH THE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. HE STATED THAT HE WAS GETTING INSTRUCTION IN ORDER TO RENT THE AIRCRAFT TO BUILD TIME. HE CONCURRED WITH THE WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN THAT THEY WERE PRACTICING SINGLE ENGINE APPROACHES, CIRCLING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 11, AND ON THE LAST APPROACH THEY LANDED STRAIGHT IN ON RUNWAY 29. I INQUIRED IF HE HEARD THE WARNING HORN FOR THE GEAR NOT BEING DOWN, AND HE STATED HE HEARD A HORN, BUT HE THOUGHT THAT WAS BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS "SHUT DOWN".

## Other reports on N2085B (1)

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

- [Incident 20021005028369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021005028369I), Oct 5, 2002: Piper PA44180 (N2085B), Conway, SC, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot dale lars and his instructor scott anderson failed to extend the landing gear of the PA-44, N2085B when performing a simulated single engine…

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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