# Incident 20120807016409I: Piper PA-44-180, Scottsdale, AZ, August 7, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2012, 19:38 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N826AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N826AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 268 total, 268 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120807016409I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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