# Incident 20250721009249I: Piper PA-44-180, Leesburg, FL, July 21, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2025, 15:27 local time
- Place: Leesburg, FL
- Airport: Leesburg International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8229° N, 81.8084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESBURG INTL (LEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8229&lon=-81.8084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N593ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N593ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1H6 (registry code 42399, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1h6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1H6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 581 total, 71 in this make and model, 221 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250721009249I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 21, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 1108 EST, A PIPER PA-44-180 DEPARTED ORLANDO APOPKA AIRPORT (X04), ORLANDO, FLORIDA WITH AN INSTRUCTOR AND A SECOND PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FOR MULTI-ENGINE FLIGHT TRAINING AT AND AROUND LEESBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLEE), LEESBURG, FLORIDA. AT APPROXIMATELY 1520 EST, ON RUNWAY 31 AT KLEE, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BELLY, BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED BY A CRANE, POWER WAS TURNED ON AND THE LANDING GEAR IMMEDIATELY EXTENDED DOWN AND LOCKED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N593ND (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20150217001339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150217001339I), Feb 17, 2015: Piper PA-44-180 (N593ND), Coolidge, AZ, Minor damage. During flight instruction and while conducting a short field approach to land aircraft N593ND at the Coolidge municipal airport, AZ (P08) onto runway 5, the…
- [Accident 20091022050499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091022050499A), Oct 22, 2009: Piper PA-44-180 (N593ND), Grand Forks, ND, Substantial damage. CFI and student pilot were conducting a evaluation flight prior to checkride. CFI and student did not follow checklists resulting in a gear up 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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