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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Casa Grande, AZ · November 8, 2024

Date
November 8, 2024 · 11:45 local
Place
Casa Grande, AZ
Airport
Casa Grande Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N287PA
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, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
1,404 total133 in this make and model301 in the last 90 days

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.

The crew departed Casa Grande airport with the intent of remaining in the traffic pattern. On upwind the instructor commanded an intentional simulated engine failure. The student responded with the corrective actions then muted the gear warning horn. As the crew continued the pattern the instructor never fully verified the student’s before landing items as the gear remained up to the point of landing.

As the FAA filed it

THE CREW DEPARTED CASA GRANDE AIRPORT WITH THE INTENT OF REMAINING IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. ON UPWIND THE INSTRUCTOR COMMANDED AN INTENTIONAL SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. THE STUDENT RESPONDED WITH THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS THEN MUTED THE GEAR WARNING HORN. AS THE CREW CONTINUED THE PATTERN THE INSTRUCTOR NEVER FULLY VERIFIED THE STUDENT’S BEFORE LANDING ITEMS AS THE GEAR REMAINED UP TO THE POINT OF LANDING.