# Accident 20180902012919A: Piper PA-44-180, Centralia, IL, September 2, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2018, 14:20 local time
- Place: Centralia, IL
- Airport: Centralia Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 9AGS
- Location: 38.5150° N, 89.0911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5150&lon=-89.0911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2204X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2204X) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,621 total, 185 in this make and model, 294 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA531](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA531) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180902012919A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA18CA531](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA531), Sep 2, 2018: Piper PA44 (N2204X), Centralia, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction's failure to extend the landing gear and the flight instructor's failure to verify that the landing gear was extended before landing. Contributing to the accident was…

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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