# Incident 20230317003009I: Piper PA-44-180, Honolulu, HI, March 17, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2023, 13:49 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Daniel K Inouye International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 3GVS
- Location: 21.3178° N, 157.9203° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANIEL K INOUYE INTL (HNL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3178&lon=-157.9203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N128AR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N128AR) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,183 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230317003009I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT WAS PERFORMING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT KALAELOA (JRF). ON THE FOURTH LANDING, STUDENT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR AND GOT ONLY NOSE AND LEFT MAIN GREEN INDICATIONS. CREW REQUESTED VISUAL FROM TOWER WHICH STATED IT APPEARED RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. CREW DEPARTED JRF AIRSPACE TO TROUBLESHOOT THE MALFUNCTION AND PERFORM EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WITH NO CORRECTION TO THE MALFUNCTION.  CREW THEN FLEW TO HNL BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE FLIGHT SCHOOL IS LOCATED AND PERFORMED AN INTENTIONAL GEAR UP LANDING. MINOR DAMAGE TO BELLY RAILS AND STEP.  PROPELLERS ALSO STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND WERE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N128AR (1)

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

- [Incident 20220701011609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220701011609I), Jul 1, 2022: Piper PA-44-180 (N128AR), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. Friday, July 1, 2022, at approximately 1322 hrs. Hawaii standard time (HST), a 2005 Piper fixed wing multi-engine aircraft, model PA-44-180, [privacy data…

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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