# Incident 20240803015229I: Piper PA-44-180, Gulf Shores, AL, August 3, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2024, 13:31 local time
- Place: Gulf Shores, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2772° N, 87.7024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gulf Shores, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2772&lon=-87.7024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N358CF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N358CF) (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: 961 total, 123 in this make and model, 212 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240803015229I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR PILOT CONDUCTED NONSTOP FLIGHT KPNS-KJKA-KPNS. INSTRUCTOR WAS PRACTICING SINGLE ENGINE LANDING MANUEVERS WITH STUDENT.  ON APPROACH, THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED.  AFTER REALIZING THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED, THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED POWER TO BOTH ENGINES TO AVOID STRIKING THE RUNWAY.  HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFTS PROPELLERS AND UNDERCARRIAGE STRUCK THE RUNWAY PRIOR TO REGAINING FLIGHT.

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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