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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Battle Creek, MI · September 1, 2022

Date
September 1, 2022 · 13:10 local
Place
Battle Creek, MI
Airport
Battle Creek Exec At Kellogg F
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N624TB
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-B1G6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
390 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On September 1, 2022 at 1310 EDT,privacy data omitted part 141 school aircraft Piper PA-44-180, privacy data omitted, was involved in a landing rollout incident at kbtl on rwy 23R. The flight was being instructed by a certified flight instructor with a student private pilot. During a planned touch and go, the student stated he mistakenly retracted the gear instead of the flaps; this resulted in an inadvertent gear retraction. The aircraft speed was approximately 56KTS IAS per downloaded EFIS data. The aircraft came to a rest on the belly, within the confines of runway 23R. There were no reported injuries to the crew. The aircraft received minor damage which included strikes to both propellers, belly skid plates, belly antennas, left wing tip and wing leading edge abrasion, nose cone, nose gear doors, and abrasion to both lower engine cowls.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 AT 1310 EDT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PART 141 SCHOOL AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-44-180, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING ROLLOUT INCIDENT AT KBTL ON RWY 23R. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING INSTRUCTED BY A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WITH A STUDENT PRIVATE PILOT. DURING A PLANNED TOUCH AND GO, THE STUDENT STATED HE MISTAKENLY RETRACTED THE GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS; THIS RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GEAR RETRACTION. THE AIRCRAFT SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 56KTS IAS PER DOWNLOADED EFIS DATA. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST ON THE BELLY, WITHIN THE CONFINES OF RUNWAY 23R. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO THE CREW. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHICH INCLUDED STRIKES TO BOTH PROPELLERS, BELLY SKID PLATES, BELLY ANTENNAS, LEFT WING TIP AND WING LEADING EDGE ABRASION, NOSE CONE, NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND ABRASION TO BOTH LOWER ENGINE COWLS.