# Incident 20120928023759I: Piper PA-44-180, Deland, FL, September 28, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2012, 12:15 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 29.0227° N, 81.2865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeLand, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0227&lon=-81.2865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N446PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N446PA) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,587 total, 305 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120928023759I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PERFORMING A SIMULATED ENGINE INOPERATIVE APPROACH AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 5 AT DELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DELAND, FLORIDA, STUDENT FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO NOTICE STUDENT'S ERROR.  AS PROPELLER TIPS STRUCK RUNWAY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND RETURNED FOR LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N446PA (1)

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

- [Incident 20200312001409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200312001409I), Mar 12, 2020: Piper PA-44-180 (N446PA), Yakima, WA, Minor damage. N446PA, multi PA-44, was on a cross country dual instruction flight, performing a touch and go at kykm, Yakima Washington airport. During touchdown the student…

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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