# Incident 20171120021119I: Piper PA-44-180, Lockhart, TX, November 20, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2017, 14:35 local time
- Place: Lockhart, TX
- Airport: Lockhart Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Location: 29.8503° N, 97.6724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOCKHART MUNI (50R), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8503&lon=-97.6724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N581ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N581ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1H6 (registry code 42399, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1h6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1H6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,212 total, 22 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171120021119I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PERFORMING A CHECK RIDE WITH DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER AT LOCKHART AIRPORT LOCKHART, TEXAS. PILOT ENTERED LOCKHART AIRSPACE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 18. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING, PILOT CONFIGURED AIRCRAFT FOR ANOTHER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND REMAINED IN THE PATTERN FOR ANOTHER LANDING. AIRCRAFT ENTERED A LEFT CROSSWIND AT 1200 MSL AND PROCEEDED TO ENTER LEFT DOWNWIND. JUST PRIOR TO BASE LEG PILOT STARTED BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST. PILOT PUT HIS RIGHT HAND ON LANDING GEAR HANDLE AND ANNOUNCED "GEAR" AND MOVED HANDLE TO WHAT HE THOUGHT TO BELIEVE WAS THE DOWN POSITION. PILOT NOTICED HE DID NOT SEE THE GEAR POSITION LIGHTS ILLUMINATE. PILOT PROCEEDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF THE CHECKLIST AND CALLED OUT THE REMAINING ITEMS ON THE CHECKLIST. PILOT NOR DPE DOUBLE CHECKED THE GEAR POSITION LIGHTS. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT GEAR EXTENDED. PILOT REALIZED THE GEAR HANDLE WAS NOT FULLY IN THE DOWN POSITION BUT IN FACT HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE DETENT POSITION.

## Other reports on N581ND (1)

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

- [Incident 20130921019789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130921019789I), Sep 21, 2013: Piper PA-44-180 (N581ND), Grafton, ND, Minor damage. The pilot stated that she was distracted By the airplane being high and fast on final approach to the runway. And focused on this situation and tuned out the…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.