# Incident 20130921019789I: Piper PA-44-180, Grafton, ND, September 21, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2013, 11:10 local time
- Place: Grafton, ND
- Airport: Hutson Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: OG5S
- Location: 48.4047° N, 97.3710° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUTSON FLD (GAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4047&lon=-97.3710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N581ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N581ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1H6 (registry code 42399, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1h6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1H6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,240 total, 171 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130921019789I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE WAS DISTRACTED

BY THE AIRPLANE BEING HIGH AND FAST ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY. AND FOCUSED ON THIS SITUATION AND TUNED OUT THE GEAR HORN. SO A GEAR UP LANDING RESULTED.

## Other reports on N581ND (1)

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

- [Incident 20171120021119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171120021119I), Nov 20, 2017: Piper PA-44-180 (N581ND), Lockhart, TX, Minor damage. Pilot was performing a check ride with designated pilot examiner at Lockhart airport Lockhart, Texas. Pilot entered Lockhart airspace on approach to runway 18.…

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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