# Incident 20170515004929I: Piper PA-44-180, Deland, FL, May 15, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2017, 18:45 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 29.0227° N, 81.2865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeLand, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0227&lon=-81.2865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N177CA-2021-07-12) (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: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 220 in this make and model, 285 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170515004929I

## Narrative

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

TWO TO THREE SECONDS AFTER A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN AND LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

ACCORDING TO THE CREW, THE TRAFFIC PATTERN LEADING UP TO THE LANDING HAD BEEN NORMAL.  THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN AT A NORMAL LANDING SPEED WITH THE MAINS MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR.  APPROPRIATE GEAR CALL-OUTS HAD BEEN MADE, THE THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR DOWN INDICATION LIGHTS WERE CHECKED, THERE WAS NO RED TRANSIT LIGHT, AND THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE FULLY EXTENDED IN THE LANDING GEAR MIRROR.

## Other reports on N177CA (2)

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

- [Incident 20150905014871I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150905014871I), Sep 5, 2015: Piper PA-44-180 (N177CA), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft was taxing out of ramp area at night and was watching other aircraft doing their run ups. Run up area is right on the edge of the ramp. Pilot said…
- [Incident 20130610011079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130610011079I), Jun 10, 2013: Piper PA-44-180 (N177CA), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. An aircraft assigned to aerosim flight academy in Sanford on an instructional flight with one student on board was on downwind to ksfb runway 9L was tower…

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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