# Incident 20241108016969I: Piper PA-44-180, Casa Grande, AZ, November 8, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2024, 11:45 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Airport: Casa Grande Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N287PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N287PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,404 total, 133 in this make and model, 301 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241108016969I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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