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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Eastman, GA · November 25, 2025

Date: November 25, 2025 · 22:30 local
Place: Eastman, GA
Airport: Heart Of Georgia Regional
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: HG6S
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N441HG
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA26LA057
Reported as: Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 854 total66 in this make and model27 in the last 90 days

N441HGRegistered now · Piper PA-44-180S/N 4496003 · Built 1995 Airframe modelPiper PA-44-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On November 25, 2025, the pic/cfi of privacy data omitted was completing a studnet cross country flight. The pic/cfi decided to conduct training on night landings by alternating landings with the student. During the last landing the pic/cfi failed to put the gear down resulting in a gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 25, 2025, THE PIC/CFI OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS COMPLETING A STUDNET CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE PIC/CFI DECIDED TO CONDUCT TRAINING ON NIGHT LANDINGS BY ALTERNATING LANDINGS WITH THE STUDENT. DURING THE LAST LANDING THE PIC/CFI FAILED TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ERA26LA057Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportEastman, GAThe flight instructors failure to extend the landing gear before landing.Nov 26, 2025 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N441HG · 1

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

Incident 20050824019359ISfl Final Approach · Eastman, GA(-23) During an instructional flight in preparation for a multiengine instructor rating, [privacy data omitted] was giving instruction to the pilot [privacy data omitted] involving a simulated loss of one engine and a subsequent simulated single engine…Aug 24, 2005 · Minor damage