# Incident 20191014014249I: Piper PA-44-180, Vero Beach, FL, October 14, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2019, 20:55 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: ECPS
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7702B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7702B) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 620 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191014014249I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PERFORMING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A LANDING GEAR ISSUE.  UPON PUTTING THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED BUT THE ONLY LIGHTS THAT ILLUMINATED GREEN WERE FOR THE MAIN LANDING GEARS.  THE LIGHT FOR THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT TURN GREEN TO VERIFY THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS IN THE LOCKED POSITION.  MULTIPLE TRIES WERE MADE BY RETRACTING AND EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR WITH NO RESOLVE. A LIGHT STILL DID NOT ILLUMINATE FOR THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY.  AS A LAST RESORT THE EMERGENCY GEAR SYSTEM WAS USED AND THE HANDLE WAS PULLED TO ALLOW THE LANDING GEAR TO FREE FALL.  THE PROCEDURE ALSO FAILED TO PROVIDE FOR A GREEN LIGHT ON THE NOSE GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDING AND UPON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSE.

## Other reports on N7702B (1)

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

- [Incident 20221015013399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221015013399I), Oct 15, 2022: Piper PA-44-180 (N7702B), Vero Beach, FL, Minor damage. On 10/15/2022, at 13:07 EST, N7702B, a PA-44 was conducting a 14 CFR 61 instructional flight when on the up wind for runway 12R at kvrb the aircraft struck a…

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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