# Incident 20140731015009I: Piper PA-44-180, Jacksonville, FL, July 31, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2014, 14:50 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Cecel Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 30.2189° N, 81.8772° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2189&lon=-81.8772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216FW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N216FW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14IA370](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14IA370) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140731015009I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 31, 2014, ABOUT 1450 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-44-180, N216FW, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL AT CECIL AIRPORT (VQQ), JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. THE TWO FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS ONBOARD WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, WHICH WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.

THE PILOT FLYING STATED THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING A SINGLE-ENGINE LANDING WHEN THE EVENT OCCURRED. ALL THREE LANDING GEAR POSITION LIGHTS INDICATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED PRIOR TO LANDING, AND THE PILOT DESCRIBED THE LANDING AS "NORMAL." DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE SECOND PILOT OBSERVED THAT THE LANDING GEAR POSITION LIGHTS WERE FLICKERING, AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED. THE PILOTS SECURED THE AIRPLANE AND EGRESSED ON THE RUNWAY.

DUE TO SUDDEN STOPAGE OF BOTH ENGINES, THE PROPELER BLADES WERE BENT. THE RADOME AND NOSE GEAR DOORS SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE FROM SKIDDING ON THEM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA14IA370](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14IA370), Jul 31, 2014: Piper PA-44-180 (N216FW), Jacksonville, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The nose landing gear collapse for reasons that could not be determined because examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies.

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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