# Incident 20191119021369I: Piper PA-44-180, Deer Valley, AZ, November 19, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2019, 10:40 local time
- Place: Deer Valley, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: WIWS
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N145WW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N145WW) (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: 1,340 total, 320 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191119021369I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/19/2019 AND 1745Z/1045MST A PIPER PA-44-180, N145WW WAS ON APPROACH AFTER MAKING A FEW TAKEOFFS AND LANDING IN THE PATTERN UNDER INSTRUCTION.  STUDENT PILOT (SP) HAD CONTROLS WITH LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED AND VERIFY WITH 3 GREEN LIGHTS ON DOWNWIND AND STATED BY INSTRUCTOR PILOT (IP) AND SP.  APPROACH WAS STABLE AT 80 KTS ON FINAL AND 75 OVER THRESHOLD.  MAIN WHEELS CONTACTED THE GROUND AS A NORMAL LANDING, DESCRIBED AS NOT EXCESSIVE OR HARD BY THE IP.  WHEN THE NOSE TOUCHED DOWN THE NOSE COLLAPSED.  THE IP TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF CENTERLINE TO THE RIGHT SO IP CORRECTED TO THE LEFT USING RUDDER AND INPUT FULL BACK PRESS ON THE YOKE AS DESCRIBED BY THE IP AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST JUST LEFT OF CENTERLINE.  IP THEN NOTIFIED THE TOWER OF THE A WHEEL COLLAPSE.  AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP OF THE 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL AND THROUGH INSPECTION BY AN FAA INSPECTOR AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WAS FOUND THAT A DRAG LINK BOLT HAD BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE MISHAP WITH THE GEAR.  PI OF OPERATOR NOTIFIED OF ISSUE.  NO CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR IP AND SP NEEDED.  MAINTENANCE INTO AIRCRAFT BEING LOOKED AT MY IIC AND PI OF 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL.  2 PEOPLE ON BOARD (POB) NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT NOSE, ENGINES AND PROPELLERS.

## Other reports on N145WW (1)

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

- [Incident 20130718013259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130718013259I), Jul 18, 2013: Piper PA-44-180 (N145WW), Phoenix, AZ, No damage. N145WW, Piper PA44-180 lost all electrical power on a VFR practice approach for Deer valley runway 7R. Aircraft landed without further incident.

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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