# Incident 20150925019819I: Piper PA-44-180, Atwater, CA, September 25, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2015, 19:20 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, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 662 total, 137 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150925019819I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT MADE A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 31 AT CASTLE AIRPORT (KMER). THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

## 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 20141024022749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141024022749I), Oct 24, 2014: Piper PA-44-180 (N355AB), Atwater, CA, Minor damage. 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.…

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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