# Accident 20231024015259A: Piper PA-44-180, Savoy, IL, October 24, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2023, 16:15 local time
- Place: Savoy, IL
- Airport: University Of Illinois-Willard
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: UC2S
- Location: 40.0380° N, 88.2765° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0380&lon=-88.2765&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5331N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5331N) (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: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,415 total, 170 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231024015259A

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WHILE PRACTICING LANDING.  AT THE FINAL APPROACH FIX, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE.  THE GEAR WARNING HORN DID SOUND WHEN THE LEFT THROTTLE WAS PULLED BACK TO IDLE TO SIMULATE AND ENGINE OUT CONDITION.  THE STUDENT WAS FLYING UNDER THE HOOD AND CONTINUED TO "FLY THE NEEDLES" DURING THE APPROACH AFTER THE INSTRUCTOR HAD CALLED OUT "RUNWAY IN SIGHT".  NO CALL OUT FOR THREE GREEN WAS MADE.  AFTER A NORMAL LANDING FLARE, THE AIRCRAFT SMOOTHLY TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.  A POST ACCIDENT TEST ON THE LANDING GEAR SHOWED THAT THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN24LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA026), Oct 24, 2023: Piper PA-44-180 (N5331N), Savoy, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing and the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision to ensure that the landing gear was extended.

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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