# Incident 20141128022599I: Piper PA-44-180, Phoenix, AZ, November 28, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2014, 20:25 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: WIWS
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N435PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N435PA) (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, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 759 total, 103 in this make and model, 255 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141128022599I

## Narrative

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

SUBJECT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KTUS @ APPROIMATELY 20:00. ON CLIMB OUT THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE LANDING GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE (RED LIGHT). CREW CYCLED THE GEAR AND THE LANDING GEAR CB POPPED. AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 8500? AND CREW CHANGED HEADING FROM KIFP TO KDVT. CREW RESET CB AND CYCLED GEAR. THIS TIME THE CB DID NOT POP, BUT THE NLG SHOWED AN UNSAFE (NOT DOWN AND LOCKED) INDICATION. CREW CYCLED THE GEAR UP AND THE RED UNSAFE LIGHT WENT OUT. THE CREW CONTINUED ON TO KDVT. AT APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES OUT THE CREW RADIOED THEIR SITUATION TO THE KDVT TOWER. CREW EXTENDED GEAR AND GOT THREE GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATIONS WITH NO RED UNSAFE INDICATION. ON FINAL APPROACH, KDVT TOWER STATED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE FULLY EXTENDED AND THE CREW ONCE AGAIN NOTED THREE GREEN LIGHTS WITH NO RED UNSAFE INDICATION. AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 7R, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR IMMIDIATELY COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS NOSE TO A COMPLETE STOP.

## Other reports on N435PA (2)

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

- [Incident 20130905020309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130905020309I), Sep 5, 2013: Piper PA-44-180 (N435PA), Deer Valley, AZ, Minor damage. On September 5, 2013 while conducting flight instruction in a PA-44-180, N435PA, the pilot attempted a restart of the left engine prior to taxi for departure…
- [Incident 20110718014279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110718014279I), Jul 18, 2011: Piper PA-44-180 (N435PA), Blythe, CA, No damage. Engine cyl. Attach studs sheared for reasons unknow. Part had more then 10,000 hours in service.

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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