# Incident 20170709019019I: Piper PA-44-180, Riverside, CA, July 9, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2017, 19:25 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N244AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N244AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 496 total, 60 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170709019019I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27 AT THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, RIVERSIDE, CA (RAL), THIS TWIN ENGINE AIRCRAFT?S PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT?S LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED BEFORE LANDING.  UPON HEARING THE SOUND OF MEDAL SCRAPING IN THE LANDING FLARE, AND INITIALING BELIEVING THAT THEY HAD A TAIL STRIKE, THE CFI AND PIC INITIATED A SUCCESSFUL ABORTED LANDING BY ADVANCING THE THROTTLES TO A TAKE-OFF POSITION AND PERFORMING A ?GO-AROUND?.

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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