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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Scottsdale, AZ · August 7, 2012

Date
August 7, 2012 · 19:38 local
Place
Scottsdale, AZ
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N826AT
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
268 total268 in this make and model103 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flight instructor was providing multi engine training to an ATP applicant. (Holder of commercial pilot certificate with airplane multi engine land ratings.) After airwork practice, they returned to Scottsdale airport to practice landings. After a couple of landings, they began practicing single engine landings. Both pilots state that they did not hear the gear warning horn, and had failed to extend the gear. Neither pilot performed a before landing checklist. The flight instructor states that he didn't realize anything was wrong until he realized they were flaring too long, and it was too late to do anything about it. The PIC (flight instructor) states that the pattern was not busy and that he was "done" instructing. It was very quiet in the cockpit until the scraping of the belly of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS PROVIDING MULTI ENGINE TRAINING TO AN ATP APPLICANT. (HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AIRPLANE MULTI ENGINE LAND RATINGS.) AFTER AIRWORK PRACTICE, THEY RETURNED TO SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT TO PRACTICE LANDINGS. AFTER A COUPLE OF LANDINGS, THEY BEGAN PRACTICING SINGLE ENGINE LANDINGS. BOTH PILOTS STATE THAT THEY DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN, AND HAD FAILED TO EXTEND THE GEAR. NEITHER PILOT PERFORMED A BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATES THAT HE DIDN'T REALIZE ANYTHING WAS WRONG UNTIL HE REALIZED THEY WERE FLARING TOO LONG, AND IT WAS TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE PIC (FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR) STATES THAT THE PATTERN WAS NOT BUSY AND THAT HE WAS "DONE" INSTRUCTING. IT WAS VERY QUIET IN THE COCKPIT UNTIL THE SCRAPING OF THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.