20170825017359I

On August 25, 2017 at approximately 11:00 a.m. EDT, Piper PA-44, N2194K, landed gear up on runway 18 at the clark county airport (jvy), jeffersonville, Indiana. The aircraft received minor damage. The right and left propellers had symmetrical curling at the blade tips. The inboard ends of the right and left flaps were curled with abrasion damage to the trailing edges. The lower fuselage had abrasion damage to the rails and all lower antennas. The pilot and passenger were uninjured during the incident. The aircraft is registered to aviation training LLC and was being operated under the provisions of 14 code of federal regulations (CFR) part 91 as a general aviation flight. The jvy AWOS weather at the time of the incident was reported as wind variable at four knots, ceiling clear, and visibility 10 nautical miles.

The pilot in command was doing a private pilot multi engine certification flight with a designated pilot examiner. He was performing a simulated left engine failure to land on runway 18 when the gear up landing occurred. He stated he entered a higher than normal left downwind and selected 25 degrees of flaps but did not select the gear down. The operator's single engine procedure is to lower the gear and select 25 degrees of flap abeam the runway touchdown point and perform the gear down landing checklist. He stated his altitude was high on the base leg. He selected 40 degrees of flaps but did not remember to check to see if the landing gear was down and locked and did not perform the base leg check list. The normal operating procedure on the base leg is to perform a memory item checklist (blue line, gump). On the final approach to the runway, his altitude was high and his airspeed was faster than the recommended single engine approach speed. On the final approach, he did not perform the 400 foot "gear down stabilized" check which is the operator's standard procedure. About 50 feet above the runway he realized the gear was not down and locked and decided it was too late for a go around. During the approach to land, the PIC stated he does not remember hearing the gear warning horn until the aircraft landed gear up on the runway.

The aircraft initially touched down approximately 1900 feet past the displaced threshold of runway 18. The aircraft came to rest on the runway 19 feet right of the runway centerline on a heading of 175 degrees magnetic. The total distance from touch down to stop was approximately 1049 feet from the touchdown point. Approximately 1551 feet of runway remained.

Inspection of the cockpit revealed the gear handle was in the up position. When the battery master switch was turned on, the gear warning horn was working with the landing gear handle in the up position. The landing gear operated normally when the landing gear was placed in the down position and the three green landing gear indicator lights indicated the gear was down and locked.

Due to the minimal damage to the aircraft and no serious inuries, this was classified as an incident.