# Accident 20190515006519A: Piper PA-44-180, Centralia, IL, May 15, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2019, 07:27 local time
- Place: Centralia, IL
- Airport: Centralia Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- 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: N39693, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39693-2021-07-03) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 511 total, 233 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190515006519A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN19LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA142), May 16, 2019: Piper PA44 (N39693), Centralia, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the nose landing gear to extend for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

## Other reports on N39693 (3)

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

- [Incident 19890918057039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890918057039I), Sep 18, 1989: Piper PA44180 (N39693), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. Right main trunion failed while taxiing to ramp. Found trunion was cracked allowing strut to separate.
- [Accident 19860422067959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860422067959A), Apr 22, 1986: Piper PA44180 (N39693), Noblesville, IN, Substantial damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Investigator discovered that the nose gear assembly bolt was missing.
- [Incident 19830705038339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830705038339I), Jul 5, 1983: Piper PA44180 (N39693), Noblesville, IN, Minor damage. Prior troubles with defective limit switch. Pulled circuit breaker to cut off gear unsafe light. Landed gear up.

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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