# Incident 20240920015179I: Piper PA-44-180, Petersburg, WV, September 20, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2024, 15:20 local time
- Place: Petersburg, WV
- Airport: Grant County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9949° N, 79.1459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANT COUNTY (W99), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9949&lon=-79.1459&mi=10
- Aircraft: N254AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N254AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 232 total, 12 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240920015179I

## Narrative

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

THIS FLIGHT WAS A CHECK RIDE WITH AN APPLICANT AND A DPE ON BOARD.  THE APPLICANT WAS THE PIC.

BOTH AIRMAN WERE DISTRACTED BY CONVERGING GLIDER TRAFFIC AND LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN DID NOT SOUND.

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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