# Incident 20200922016379I: Piper PA-23, Easton, MD, September 22, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2020, 15:17 local time
- Place: Easton, MD
- Airport: Easton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NYGS
- Location: 38.7763° N, 76.0705° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Easton, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7763&lon=-76.0705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N776MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N776MC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,075 total, 284 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200922016379I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1517 LOCAL TIME AT EASTON AIRPORT (KESN) EASTON, MD, THE PILOT OF N776MC WAS ACTING AS PIC AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OF A PA-23 AIRCRAFT WHEN HE FAILED TO INSURE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED PRIOR TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 AT ESN. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED WHEN HE WAS GIVEN A STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH AND LANDING CLEARANCE FOR RUNWAY 22.  ORIGINALLY, HE AND HIS STUDENT HAD PLANNED TO CIRCLE FROM THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 TO LAND ON 33.  THE INSTRUCTOR SAID THAT WHEN THE TOWER ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO LAND ON 22, HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO VERIFY THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN.  THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON RUNWAY 22 WITH THE GEAR UP, ONLY MINOR DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

KESN 221918Z 30007G14KT 10SM SKC 22/04 A3009

## Other reports on N776MC (1)

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

- [Accident 20210715020129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210715020129A), Jul 15, 2021: Piper PA-23 (N776MC), Easton, MD, Substantial damage. During a multiengine training flight the student was doing a power off stall. He noticed that the throttle control felt odd. He said it was like it was on 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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