# Incident 20240804011249I: Piper PA-44-180, Madras, OR, August 4, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2024, 10:10 local time
- Place: Madras, OR
- Airport: Madras Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 5HAS
- Location: 44.6702° N, 121.1551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MADRAS MUNI (S33), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6702&lon=-121.1551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N552MD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N552MD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-E1A6D (registry code 42305, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-e1a6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-E1A6D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 746 total, 81 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240804011249I

## Narrative

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

WHILE IN THE PATTERN AT S33, INSTRUTOR AND STUDENT STARTED PRACTICE FOR ENGINE FAILURE BELOW 3000' WHILE ON THE CROSSWIND LEG. RAN THROUGH ALL CHECKLISTS FOR ENGINE FAILURE WHILE AT LOW ALTITUDE AND SIMULATED FEATHER ON THE LEFT ENGINE WITH POWER. PERFORMED A GUMPS/BEFORE LANDING CHECK ON DOWNWIND LEG. STUDENT DEPLOYED FLAPS TO 40° ON BASE AND INSTRUCTOR RETRACTED THEM TO 25° FOR SINGLE ENGINE PROCEDURES. INSTRUCTOR PERFORMED FINAL CHECK BUT DID NOT VERIFY THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. NEITHER STUDENT OR INSTRUCTOR REMEMBER HEARING THE GEAR WARNING HORN DURING FINAL APPROACH.  LINED UP ON FINAL TO LAND AND DID A STABILIZED APPROACH CHECK. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON CENTERLINE WITH GEAR RETRACTED.  LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN COULD BE HEARD AFTER ENGINES WERE SHUTDOWN.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.