20190515006519A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Centralia, IL · May 15, 2019

Date: May 15, 2019 · 07:27 local
Place: Centralia, IL
Airport: Centralia Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: 9AGS
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N39693
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN19LA142
Reported as: Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 511 total233 in this make and model146 in the last 90 days

N39693Registration cancelled Jul 3, 2021 · Piper PA-44-180S/N 44-7995025 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-44-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Instructor pilot (ip) and student (st) were conducting landing practice by utilizing touch and go landings. On the seventh downwind the student attempted to extend the landing gear. The main landing gear extended, while the nose gear remained retracted. The ip attempted to proceed through the checklist and troubleshoot the landing gear issue for an extended period of time. The ip and student were unsuccessful in extending the nose wheel. The main landing gear would not retract by this time. The ip attempted a landing in the grass to the right of runway 9 at the enl airport. Upon touchdown the aircraft flipped over coming to rest inverted and heading 268 degrees. It had been raining for multiple days prior to the accident.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR PILOT (IP) AND STUDENT (ST) WERE CONDUCTING LANDING PRACTICE BY UTILIZING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. ON THE SEVENTH DOWNWIND THE STUDENT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED, WHILE THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED RETRACTED. THE IP ATTEMPTED TO PROCEED THROUGH THE CHECKLIST AND TROUBLESHOOT THE LANDING GEAR ISSUE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE IP AND STUDENT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN EXTENDING THE NOSE WHEEL. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT BY THIS TIME. THE IP ATTEMPTED A LANDING IN THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY 9 AT THE ENL AIRPORT. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER COMING TO REST INVERTED AND HEADING 268 DEGREES. IT HAD BEEN RAINING FOR MULTIPLE DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB CEN19LA142Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCentralia, ILThe failure of the nose landing gear to extend for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.May 16, 2019 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N39693 · 3

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

Incident 19890918057039IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Indianapolis, INRight main trunion failed while taxiing to ramp. Found trunion was cracked allowing strut to separate.Sep 18, 1989 · Minor damage Accident 19860422067959ALevel Off Touchdown · Noblesville, INNose gear collapsed on landing. Investigator discovered that the nose gear assembly bolt was missing.Apr 22, 1986 · Substantial damage Incident 19830705038339ILevel Off Touchdown · Noblesville, INPrior troubles with defective limit switch. Pulled circuit breaker to cut off gear unsafe light. Landed gear up.Jul 5, 1983 · Minor damage