# Incident 20130830016809I: Piper PA-44-180, Nashua, NH, August 30, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2013, 10:23 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7491° N, 71.4905° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashua, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-71.4905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N852ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N852ND) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,240 total, 263 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130830016809I

## Narrative

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

AFTER COMPLETING ONE NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING THE CFI ON THE SECOND CLOSED RIGHT TRAFFIC PATTERN SIMULATED A LEFT ENGINE FAILURE BY BRINGING THE POWER BACK ON THE LEFT ENGINE BACK TO ILDE. CFI STATED NO GEAR UNSAFE WARNING HORN WAS NOTED AT THAT TIME.  CFI STATED THROUGHOUT BASE AND FINAL, A DISCUSSION OCCURRED REGARDING PROPER ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND AIRSPEED CONTROL IN RELATION TO THE BLUE LINE.

IN THE FLARE, THE TOWER CALLED US TO ?GO AROUND, YOUR GEAR ISN?T DOWN?!  CFI STATED IT WAS TOO LATE TO REACT.

MEL CANDIDATE STATED THEY WERE MIDFIELD ON A RIGHT DOWN WIND WHEN THE CFI DECIDED TO SIMULATE FAILING THE LEFT ENGINE AND WE WERE FOUCUSED ON SECURING IT AND MAINTAINING CONTROL THAT WE DIDN?T LOWER THE LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. END.

## Other reports on N852ND (1)

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

- [Incident 19921202052919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921202052919I), Dec 2, 1992: Piper PA44180 (N852ND), Grand Forks, ND, Minor damage. Unable to get a safe nose gear light. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout.

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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