# Incident 20210412005939I: Piper PA-44-180, Rockwall, TX, April 12, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2021, 17:00 local time
- Place: Rockwall, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9181° N, 96.4381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockwall, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9181&lon=-96.4381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2126Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2126Y-2022-05-23) (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: 1,810 total, 415 in this make and model, 198 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210412005939I

## Narrative

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

THRUST FLIGHT PART 61 TRAINING FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KADS WITH CFI AND TWO STUDENTS ON BOARD. AFTER CONDUCTING SOME TRAINING WITH THE FIRST STUDENT THEY LANDED AT ROCKWALL MUNICIPAL, F46, WHERE THEY STOPPED AND DEPLANED THE FIRST STUDENT WHO WAS FLYING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE SECOND STUDENT AND THE CFI GOT BACK IN THE PLANE AND TAXIED TO THE ACTIVE RWY17. WHILE TAXIING THEY WERE COORDINATING WITH A HELICOPTER THAT WAS PERFORMING PATTERN WORK TO THE WESTSIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER CONFIRMING THAT THE HELICOPTER WAS CLEAR OF THEM THEY ENTERED THE RUNWAY AND PERFORMED A SHORT FIELD TAKE-OFF. UPON REACHING ROUGHLY 1100MSL ON THE CROSSWIND THE CFI INITIATED A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. STUDENT COMPLETED MEMORY ITEMS AND FOLLOWED UP WITH CHECK LIST AS APPROPRIATE. THEY ELECTED TO KEEP THE GEAR UP UNTIL TURNING BASE DUE TO AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE. WHILE ON BASE TO FINAL THE CFI WAS DISTRACTED ENSURING THAT THE STUDENT WAS MAINTAINING CLEARANCE WITH THE HELICOPTER. AS A RESULT OF HIS DISTRACTION HE FAILED TO VERIFY IF THE STUDENT HAD PUT THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. AS THEY FLARED THE STUDENT HEARD THE PROPS HITTING THE RUNWAY AND PULLED BOTH THROTTLES BACK TO IDLE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE BELLY AND SKID FOR APPROXIMATELY 800FT. BY THE TIME THE FAA WAS NOTIFIED CITY OFFICIALS HAD LIFTED AND MOVED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP.

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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