# Incident 20190720017589I: Piper PA-44-180, Siler City, NC, July 20, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2019, 09:00 local time
- Place: Siler City, NC
- Airport: Siler City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Run-Up Area
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7043° N, 79.5043° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SILER CITY MUNI (SCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7043&lon=-79.5043&mi=10
- Aircraft: N514CG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N514CG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 804 total, 81 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/20190720017589I

## Narrative

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

THE CFI ONBOARD CONFESSED THAT HIS MOVEMENT OF THE GEAR HANDLE, WHILE THE AIRCRAFT ENGINES WERE RUNNING WITH AIRCRAFT HOLDING SHORT OF AN ACTIVE RUNWAY, CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO FOLD. SQUAT SWITCH FAILURE DETERMINED TO BE TECHNICAL FACTOR AND SECONDARY CAUSE OF GEAR COLLAPSE.

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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