# Incident 20200219005719I: Piper PA-44-180, Merced, CA, February 19, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2020, 13:00 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced Regional/Macready Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: SRJS
- Location: 37.2847° N, 120.5140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Merced Regional Macready Field (MCE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2847&lon=-120.5140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66AL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66AL) (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, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,085 total, 306 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200219005719I

## Narrative

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

ON 19 FEB 2020, THE ABOVE MENTIONED CFI AND HER STUDENT WERE CONDUCTING A TRAINING FLIGHT IN THE AREA OF MERCED, CALIFORNIA. THEY HAD BEEN PRACTICING MANEUVERS TO INCLUDE EMERGENCY AND STANDARD PROCEDURES IN PREPARATION FOR THE STUDENT TO CONDUCT A COMMERCIAL CHECKRIDE. DURING THEIR APPROACH PATTERN FOR KMCE, THE STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE DISTRACTED BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN THAT LANDED AHEAD OF THEM. THE STUDENT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. THE CFI FAILED TO NOTICE THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A GEAR UP CONFIGURATION. THE CFI AND STUDENT PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY AND CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE.

THE CFI ACCEPTED THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INCIDENT IMMEDIATELY AND HAS BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE DURING THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS.

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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