# Incident 20180627008699I: Piper PA-44-180, Chino, CA, June 27, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2018, 20:09 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: MI9S
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N449JA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N449JA-2023-05-20) (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: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 325 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180627008699I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO CNO AIRPORT, STUDENT PILOT NOTICED RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. CFI INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AS PIC AND PERFORMED SEVERAL GEAR CYCLES, PERFORM RUDDER TURNS AND WINGTIP SIDE TO SIDE MANEUVERS, RIGHT GEAR STILL SHOWED UNSAFE INDICATIONS. CFI PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES, UNSAFE GEAR INDICATIONS FOR RIGHT GEAR REMAINED. CFI REPLACED BULB IN ANNUNCIATOR, NO CHANGE TO UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. CFI CONTACTED CNO TOWER AND PERFORMED A LOW AND SLOW FLY BY, CNO TOWER REPORTED TO CFI ALL GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. CFI ATTEMPTED NORMAL LANDING AND ON INITIAL TOUCH DOWN AIRCRAFT STAYED LEVEL, RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED SHORTLY AFTER TOUCH DOWN AIRCRAFT SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY IN DIRT AND GRASS AREA THEN STOPPED. THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLERS MADE CONTACT WITH THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, BENT BOTH PROPELLERS AND KICKED DIRT OVER RIGHT WING. CFI AND STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N449JA (3)

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

- [Incident 20220118000139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220118000139I), Jan 18, 2022: Piper PA-44-180 (N449JA), Chino, CA, Minor damage. On 01/19/2022 N449JA, a PA-44, experienced an incident involving the collapse of the nose wheel upon landing. A flight instructor was conducting airwork with a…
- [Incident 20200121004909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200121004909I), Jan 21, 2020: Piper PA-44-180 (N449JA), Chino, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: a commercial student was with his flight instructor preparing for a multi-engine check ride in the lake matthews practice area. At approximately…
- [Incident 20171007019949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171007019949I), Oct 7, 2017: Piper PA-44-180 (N449JA), Chino, CA, No damage. Aircraft landed on 26L at cno. Student felt no left brake pressure. CFI taxiied off runway to taxiway. CFI tried to taxi back to ramp. CFI lost directional…

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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