- Date
- June 27, 1985, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2198TPiper PA-44-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850627028149A
- Case key
- 31420
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Flare - prematureFactor
Go-around - improperFactor
Gear retraction - prematureCause
Raising of flaps - prematureCause
Judgment - poorCause
Analysis
The acft settled gear up onto the rwy during an attempted go around from a simulated single engine apch. The student flared too high & requested command of both throttles from the CFI. Pwr was applied & the flaps & gear were prematurely retracted. The acft settled onto the rwy gear up.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2198T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 44-7995248
- Airframe hours
- 2,450
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-E1A6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Centralflorida Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Billy Bob'S, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1985
- Departed
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport
- DAB · Daytona Beach Regional, runway 11, 7,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,358 total · 190 in this make and model · 1,226 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 92 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots, gusting 1
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.