# Incident 20130930018829I: Piper PA-44-180, Crystal, MN, September 30, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2013, 15:49 local time
- Place: Crystal, MN
- Airport: Crystal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0625° N, 93.3540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRYSTAL (MIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0625&lon=-93.3540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21318, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21318) (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: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 300 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130930018829I

## Narrative

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

ON THE THIRD LANDING OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLLOUT.  ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT STATEMENTS, THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR HAD REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO HAVE RETRACTED ACCORDING TO VISUAL IN THE NOSE GEAR MIRROR AFTER THE GEAR RETRACTION FOLLOWING THE SECOND LANDING AND TAKEOFF.  AFTER EXTENSION OF THE GEAR FOR THE THIRD LANDING, THE THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR INDICATORS WERE ILLUMINATED AND THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED EXTENDED ACCORDING TO THE NOSE GEAR MIRROR VISUAL.  THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED.

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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