# Incident 20200312001409I: Piper PA-44-180, Yakima, WA, March 12, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2020, 20:22 local time
- Place: Yakima, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5909° N, 120.5494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yakima, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5909&lon=-120.5494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N446PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N446PA) (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, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 282 total, 38 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200312001409I

## Narrative

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

N446PA, MULTI PA-44, WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY DUAL INSTRUCTION FLIGHT, PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO AT KYKM, YAKIMA WASHINGTON AIRPORT. DURING TOUCHDOWN THE STUDENT REACHED FOR THE CARB HEAT SELECTOR, HOWEVER, HE STATED HE RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD. THE STUDENT AND THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR HANDLE IMMEDIATELY, HOWEVER, DUE TO THE PROXIMITY TO THE GROUND, THE GEAR DID NOT FULLY EXTEND AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE RIGHT WING TIP AND PROP SUSTAINED DAMAGE. NO INJURIES TO EITHER PILOTS.

## Other reports on N446PA (1)

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

- [Incident 20120928023759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120928023759I), Sep 28, 2012: Piper PA-44-180 (N446PA), Deland, FL, Minor damage. While performing a simulated engine inoperative approach and landing on runway 5 at Deland Municipal Airport, Deland, Florida, student failed to extend landing…

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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