# Incident 20131018019809I: Piper PA-44-180, Sanford, FL, October 18, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2013, 18:15 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Sanford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.8228° N, 81.2633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANFORD (FL55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8228&lon=-81.2633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25PE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25PE-2017-10-27) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 882 total, 140 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131018019809I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT WAS FLYING A SIMULATED SINGLE ENG. ILS APP. TO RWY 9L, ALL CHECKLISTS COMPLETED WITH VERIFIED 3 LDG. GREEN LTS. AND NO RED LT.. ATC AMENDED THE CLEARANCE TO 9L AND CLEARED THE ACFT. TO LAND ON 9C.

THE STUDENT SIDESTEPPED THE ACFT. TO RWY 9C AT APPROX. 600 AGL' AND CONTINUED A STABILIZED APP. TO APPROX. 200 AGL' AND 25 DEGREE FLAP SETTING WAS SELECTED.

THE ACFT. TOUCHED DOWN SMOOTHLY AND AERODYNAMIC BRAKING WAS APPLIED FOLLOWED BY THE INSTRUCTIOR'S APPLICATION OF LIGHT BRAKING. SUDDENLY THE LT. WING HIT THE RWY. AND THE ACFT. CONTINUED VEERING OFF THE LT. OF THE RWY.

THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED RT. RUDDER, BUT THE ACFT. CONTINUED TO EXIT THE RWY. TO THE LT.; AS THE MIXTURE CONTROLS WERE SET TO CUTOFF. THE ACFT. EXITED THE RWY., ONTO THE GRASS AND SLID AND CAME TO A STOP IN A DITCH. ALL ELECT. SWITCHES WERE TURNED OFF EXCEPT THE BATT. AND RADIO MASTERS WHICH WERE USED FOR ATC COMM.

P.I.C. AND STUDENT EXITED THE ACFT., NO INJURIE SUSTAINED AND THE FIRE RESCUE ALONG WITH SFB AIRPORT AUTH. PERSONNEL ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER THE OCCUPANTS EXITED. FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL SECURED THE COCKPIT, DEEMED THE ACFT. SAFE AND NO FUEL OR FLUID LEAKAGE WAS NOTED. AFTER  NOTIFICATION BY FAA R.O.C., I SPOKE TO THE P.I.C. AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE SFB AIRPORT AUTH. WHO REQ. PERMISSION TO REMOVE THE ACFT. AND I GAVE HIM PERMISSION.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO STATED THAT HE TOOK PHOTOS AND THEY WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE FAA.

## Other reports on N25PE (2)

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

- [Incident 20080217013809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080217013809I), Feb 17, 2008: Piper PA44180 (N25PE), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Instructor stated that student was flying the aircraft and was given the option to land on 27C or 27R. The student chose 27R. During the approach they…
- [Incident 19900327014569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900327014569I), Mar 27, 1990: Piper PA44180 (N25PE), Cleveland, OH, Minor damage. Unable to get nose gear safe light. Landed gear up. Found wheel chock in bay area. Not visible on preflight.

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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