# Incident 20220901015169I: Piper PA-44-180, Battle Creek, MI, September 1, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2022, 13:10 local time
- Place: Battle Creek, MI
- Airport: Battle Creek Exec At Kellogg F
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 42.3065° N, 85.2501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BATTLE CREEK EXEC AT KELLOGG FLD (BTL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3065&lon=-85.2501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N624TB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N624TB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B1G6 (registry code 41866, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b1g6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B1G6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 390 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220901015169I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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