# Incident 20141024022749I: Piper PA-44-180, Atwater, CA, October 24, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2014, 23:45 local time
- Place: Atwater, CA
- Airport: Castle Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: SRJS
- Location: 37.3805° N, 120.5682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CASTLE (MER), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3805&lon=-120.5682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N355AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N355AB) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,169 total, 140 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141024022749I

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP AT CASTLE AIRPORT (KMER) ON 24 OCT 2014 IN PIPER SEMINOLE PA-44 N355AB AT NIGHT AFTER COMPLETING A DUAL CROSS COUNTRY PART 141 FLIGHT LESSON.  PROPELLERS DAMAGED AND UNDERBELLY INCLUDING ANTENNAS AND SKID STIFFINERS.  PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) WAS THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE STUDENT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  PIC STATED AFTER THE EVENT THAT HE HAD BEEN ON DUTY FOR APPROX 16 HOURS AND HAD FELT FATIGUED DURING THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE CROSS COUNTRY.  PIC STATED THE STUDENT COMPLETED THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST ON APPROACH AND CLAIMED HE ONLY HEARD THE STALL HORN PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.   WITNESS ACCOUNTS STATE THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN THEY HEARD MULTIPLE RADIO CALLS COME FROM N355AB STATING THAT "I HAD 3 GREEN."  STUDENT STATED HE DID THE APPROACH CHECKLIST  AND PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN BUT THE INSTRUCTOR DID NOT VERIFY IT'S POSITION.  AFTER THE EVENT THE STUDENT WITNESSED THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PLACE THE MIXUTRE CONTROLS IN THE CUT OFF POSITION, PUT THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH DOWN, AND TURN THE MASTER SWTICH OFF.

## Other reports on N355AB (2)

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

- [Incident 20160603008609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160603008609I), Jun 3, 2016: Piper PA-44-180 (N355AB), Atwater, CA, Minor damage. On Friday, June 3, 2016, at 06:00, sanjay akella (flight instructor) and chao yang (student) were attempting to complete a commercial pilot part 141 stage…
- [Incident 20150925019819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150925019819I), Sep 25, 2015: Piper PA-44-180 (N355AB), Atwater, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft made a gear up landing on runway 31 at Castle Airport (kmer). There were no reported injuries.

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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