# Incident 20240423004329I: Piper PA-44-180, Eden Prairie, MN, April 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2024, 14:29 local time
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: TBDA
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2127D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2127D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240423004329I

## Narrative

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

THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WAS WORKING WITH HIS STUDENT ON HIS MULTI ENGINE RATING. ON THE 5TH LANDING FOR THE DAY THE LANDING GEAR INDICATED 3 GREEN (DOWN AND LOCKED). THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN FIRST, THEN THE NOSE GEAR WHICH COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED PROPELLER STRIKES ON BOTH ENGINES, DAMAGE TO NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND NOSE OF AIRCRAFT. THE LANDING GEAR WAS INSPECTED AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ROD AND WAS BROKEN, THE DOWN LOCK PIN WAS BENT, AND THE NOSE GEAR TRUNNION ASSEMBLY AT THE SCISSOR LINK ATTACH POINT WAS FRACTURED WITH A SMALL PORTION OF THE CASTING BROKEN OFF.

## Other reports on N2127D (1)

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

- [Accident 19941126039309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941126039309A), Nov 26, 1994: Piper PA44180 (N2127D), Dickinson, ND, Substantial damage. Iced up on night dual. CFI diverted to alternate. Ice on windshield. Looked out side window. Made hard 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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