# Incident 20180104000469I: Piper PA-44-180, Sanford, FL, January 4, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2018, 18:45 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: V00S
- Location: 28.7845° N, 81.2761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7845&lon=-81.2761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81EF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81EF-2019-02-27) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,201 total, 60 in this make and model, 226 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180104000469I

## Narrative

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

PILOT RETURNED TO SFB AND EXTENDED LANDING GEAR WITH INDICATION THAT L/H MLG WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. THEY RETRACTED LANDING GEAR AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND AGAIN WITH NO SUCCESS. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. LANDING GEAR SELECTEOR PLACED IN THE EXTENDED POSITION AND AS AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE L/H MLG COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N81EF (2)

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

- [Incident 19940903039469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940903039469I), Sep 3, 1994: Piper PA44180 (N81EF), Lakeland, FL, Minor damage. During ATP test flight nose gear collapsed on landing. Had normal down indication. Cause being investigated.
- [Incident 19900119032289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900119032289I), Jan 19, 1990: Piper PA44180 (N81EF), Bunnell, FL, Minor damage. Pilot failed to lower landing gear while practicing landing. Landed gear up.

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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