# Accident 20251125019939A: Piper PA-44-180, Eastman, GA, November 25, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2025, 22:30 local time
- Place: Eastman, GA
- Airport: Heart Of Georgia Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: HG6S
- Location: 32.2154° N, 83.1291° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2154&lon=-83.1291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441HG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N441HG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 854 total, 66 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251125019939A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA26LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA057), Nov 26, 2025: Piper PA-44-180 (N441HG), Eastman, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructors failure to extend the landing gear before landing.

## Other reports on N441HG (1)

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

- [Incident 20050824019359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050824019359I), Aug 24, 2005: Piper PA44180 (N441HG), Eastman, GA, Minor damage. (-23) During an instructional flight in preparation for a multiengine instructor rating, [privacy data omitted] was giving instruction to the pilot [privacy…

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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