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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Tulsa, OK · March 7, 2019

Date
March 7, 2019 · 20:07 local
Place
Tulsa, OK
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
DF2S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
929OP
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
732 total63 in this make and model165 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot stated he was operating off of memory and not following a check-list. Said he pulled the gear selector to unlock it and put the gear down, but did not visually verify that it was in the locked position or that he had three green gear indication lights. Stated he could not hear the aural warning due to his noise canceling headset. He saw the red gear unsafe light but extingushed it instinctively as it was habitual in this reduced power condition. Failed to notice unmutable gear warning when flaps configured at 10 degrees because his attention was overly devoted to instruction of the student. Performed a short final check without visually verifying conditions. Landed aircraft with gear in the up position. Aircraft landed on runway 19L with retracted gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED HE WAS OPERATING OFF OF MEMORY AND NOT FOLLOWING A CHECK-LIST. SAID HE PULLED THE GEAR SELECTOR TO UNLOCK IT AND PUT THE GEAR DOWN, BUT DID NOT VISUALLY VERIFY THAT IT WAS IN THE LOCKED POSITION OR THAT HE HAD THREE GREEN GEAR INDICATION LIGHTS. STATED HE COULD NOT HEAR THE AURAL WARNING DUE TO HIS NOISE CANCELING HEADSET. HE SAW THE RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT BUT EXTINGUSHED IT INSTINCTIVELY AS IT WAS HABITUAL IN THIS REDUCED POWER CONDITION. FAILED TO NOTICE UNMUTABLE GEAR WARNING WHEN FLAPS CONFIGURED AT 10 DEGREES BECAUSE HIS ATTENTION WAS OVERLY DEVOTED TO INSTRUCTION OF THE STUDENT. PERFORMED A SHORT FINAL CHECK WITHOUT VISUALLY VERIFYING CONDITIONS. LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 19L WITH RETRACTED GEAR.