# Accident 20240107001789A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-44-180, Fort Worth, TX, January 7, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2024, 05:05 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Alliance
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: Z8FS
- Location: 32.9876° N, 97.3188° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9876&lon=-97.3188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N816AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N816AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104406, 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 AIRCRAFT INC 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: 1,081 total, 121 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240107001789A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S AT AFW AND ON THE 8TH LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT THE GEAR BEING EXTENDED. BOTH PROPELLERS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY INITIALLY AND THEN THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AND CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN FULLY RETRACTED AT THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. SKIDS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE AND IN BOARD EDGES OF LEFT AND RIGHT FLAPS WERE DAMAGED FROM IMPACT AND RUBBING ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. ALL BLADES ON BOTH PROPELLERS WERE CURLED AT THE TIPS INDICATING ENGINES WERE OPERATING AT TOUCH DOWN. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR REVEALED NO ANOMALIES WITH THE EXTENSION OR RETRACTION OPERATION. THE GEAR WARNING SYSTEMS AND STALL WARNING SYSTEMS WERE CHECKED AND OPERATED NORMAL.

## 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 CEN24LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA086), Jan 7, 2024: Piper PA-44-180 (N816AT), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear and the flight instructor’s lack of recognition and inadequate remedial action, which resulted in a gear up landing.

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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