# Incident 20240731009559I: Piper PA-44-180, Casa Grande, AZ, July 31, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2024, 08:00 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Airport: Casa Grande
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 32.9549° N, 111.7668° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CASA GRANDE MUNI (CGZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9549&lon=-111.7668&mi=10
- Aircraft: N434PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N434PA) (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: 350 total, 73 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240731009559I

## Narrative

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

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A SIMULATED PRACTICE OF A SINGLE-ENGINE APPROACH TO LANDING. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) REPORTED BEING TASK-SATURATED AND FOCUSED ON RADIO COMMUNICATIONS DUE TO HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME IN THE PRACTICE AREA AROUND THE VOR. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS STRUGGLING TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LAST INSTRUMENT APPROACH PRIOR TO THE GEAR UP LANDING. UPON REACHING THE DECISION ALTITUDE, THE CFI INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO REMOVE HER VISION-LIMITING DEVICE AND EXECUTE A VISUAL APPROACH TO LAND. BOTH THE CFI AND STUDENT LATER TOLD THE FAA THAT THE BEFORE-LANDING AND LANDING CHECKLISTS WERE NOT COMPLETED, WHICH MEANT THAT THE GEAR STATUS WAS NOT CONFIRMED. AS A RESULT, THE STUDENT PROCEEDED WITH THE LANDING AND PERFORMED A GEAR-UP LANDING.

## Other reports on N434PA (1)

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

- [Incident 20111107029289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111107029289I), Nov 7, 2011: Piper PA-44-180 (N434PA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. On 11-07-2011 at 1900 local time,trans pac N434PA, PA-44-180, s/n 4496064 declared an emergency landing due to a gear indication that the right main gear was…

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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