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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Centralia, IL · September 2, 2018

Date
September 2, 2018 · 14:20 local
Place
Centralia, IL
Airport
Centralia Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
9AGS
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2204X
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA18CA531
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
5,621 total185 in this make and model294 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On September 2nd, 2018 at 1420 local time, N2204X, a Piper seminole, performed a landing with the landing gear in the retracted position at Centralia Municipal Airport (enl). The aircraft sustained substantial damage due to the fact that both engines were damaged as a result of the gear up landing. There were two occupants on board and both suffered no injuries. Weather at the time of the accident was visual meteorological conditions.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2018 AT 1420 LOCAL TIME, N2204X, A PIPER SEMINOLE, PERFORMED A LANDING WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION AT CENTRALIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ENL). THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO THE FACT THAT BOTH ENGINES WERE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE GEAR UP LANDING. THERE WERE TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD AND BOTH SUFFERED NO INJURIES. WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.