# Incident 20140713013989I: Piper PA-44-180, San Andreas, CA, July 13, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2014, 16:14 local time
- Place: San Andreas, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 7JCS
- Location: 38.1927° N, 120.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Andreas, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1927&lon=-120.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N448JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N448JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,612 total, 390 in this make and model, 227 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140713013989I

## Narrative

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

PART 141 PILOT SCHOOL TRAINING, COMMERCIAL MULTIENGINE COURSE, PRACTICING SINGLE ENGINE CIRCLING APPROACH.  LANDING GEAR WAS RAISED AT MDA TO ACCOMPLISH THE CIRCLING MANEUVER.  INSTRUCTOR CHANGED HIS MIND AND DECIDED TO LAND STRAIGHT IN BECAUSE OF WINDS.  AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N448JA (1)

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

- [Incident 20221124021119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221124021119I), Nov 24, 2022: Piper PA-44-180 (N448JA), Stockton, CA, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on landing. Pilot stated that green nose gear light did not illuminate and that the tower confirmed via fly by that the nose gear appeared to be…

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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