# Incident 20150624010139I: Piper PA-44-180, Waco, TX, June 24, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2015, 09:40 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FT8S
- Location: 31.5493° N, 97.1467° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waco, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5493&lon=-97.1467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5321R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5321R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,398 total, 191 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150624010139I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS USED IN A TRAINING FLIGHT WITH CFI AND STUDENT PERFORMING SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKEOFF. THEY CONTINUED IN THE PATTERN FOR LANDING, FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, AND ON ATTEMPTED LANDING HEARD THE SCRAPING OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE PIC IMMEDIATELY EXECUTED A GO-AROUND AND LANDED UNEVENTFUL. UPON SHUT DOWN THE PILOT REALIZED THE PROPELLER TIPS HAD ALSO  CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHICH INCLUDED  TO THE FLAPS INBOARD AFT EDGES, FOOTSTEP, LOWER ANTENNA AND PROPELLER TIPS. NO INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.

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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