# Incident 20190714011769I: Piper PA-44-180, Broomfield, CO, July 14, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2019, 15:45 local time
- Place: Broomfield, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Location: 39.9205° N, 105.0867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Broomfield, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9205&lon=-105.0867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2882C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2882C) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,261 total, 83 in this make and model, 239 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190714011769I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 14,2019, A PA44, N2882C PILOTED BY INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HIS STUDENT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON A PART 91 FLIGHT HAD A PROP STRIKE WHILE SIMULATING AN ENGINE OUT LANDING. DURING THE APPROACH BOTH PILOTS ON BOARD FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR INTO THE DOWN POSITION AND THE PROPS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN SHOVED POWER INTO ENGINES AND THEY TOOK THE AIRCRAFT AROUND WHERE THE GEAR WAS PUT DOWN SUCCESSFULLY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND BOTH PROPS WERE DAMAGED AS WAS THE LEFT INBOARD FLAP, THE AIRCRAFT STEP AND THE TAIL TIE DOWN. COLLABORATED WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH PICTURES AND PHONE COMMUNICATION, SHE SAID SINCE THERE WAS NO FIREWALL DAMAGE AND THE DAMAGE TO THE FLAP WAS NOT ON A PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROL SHE WOULD CALL THIS AN INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N2882C (4)

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

- [Incident 20010726025199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010726025199I), Jul 26, 2001: Piper PA44180 (N2882C), Winters/Davis/W, CA, Minor damage. (-23) During a practice single engine approach, instructor/student forgot to lower landing gear.
- [Incident 19970313007749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970313007749I), Mar 13, 1997: Piper PA44180 (N2882C), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft landed and during brake action right main gear retracted. Damage to flaps, aileron under wing skin, propeller and sudden engine stoppage.…
- [Incident 19900626040579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900626040579I), Jun 26, 1990: Piper PA44180 (N2882C), Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Nose wheel collapsed on landing rollout.
- [Incident 19820128005749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820128005749I), Jan 28, 1982: Piper PA44180 (N2882C), Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear failed to retract. Collapsed on landing. AN420 belt missing from drag link assembly.

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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