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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · West Chicago, IL · May 15, 2024

Date
May 15, 2024 · 17:10 local
Place
West Chicago, IL
Airport
Dupage
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N298ND
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
702 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot instructor and student departed Dupage Airport (kdpa) enroute to practice area to perform maneuvers. During maneuvers they encountered a landing gear unsafe indication. Instructor attempted to correct the issue with no success. Instructor declared emergency and upon landing the nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT DEPARTED DUPAGE AIRPORT (KDPA) ENROUTE TO PRACTICE AREA TO PERFORM MANEUVERS. DURING MANEUVERS THEY ENCOUNTERED A LANDING GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION. INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE ISSUE WITH NO SUCCESS. INSTRUCTOR DECLARED EMERGENCY AND UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

Other reports on N298ND · 1

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