# Incident 20250402003769I: Piper PA-44-180, Carlsbad, CA, April 2, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2025, 15:45 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: (Kcrq) Mcclellan-Palomar Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: P75S
- Location: 33.1283° N, 117.2801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CLELLAN-PALOMAR (CRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1283&lon=-117.2801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5354N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5354N) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,255 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250402003769I

## Narrative

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

THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT.  AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND JACKED, THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED.  MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT A GEAR SWING WAS CONDUCTED AND THE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY, BUT IT WAS STATED THAT THE GEAR SYSTEM WAS WORN AND A LITTLE LOOSE.  THEY SPECULTAED THAT THIS ALONG WITH A PREVIOUS HARD LANDING MAY HAVE CREATED A GEAR RIGGING PROBLEM CAUSING THIS FAILURE.

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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