# NTSB MIA86LA212: Piper PA-44-180, N257ER, Bunnell, FL, July 17, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 17, 1986, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Bunnell, FL
- Location: 29.4661° N, 81.2578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bunnell, FL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4661&lon=-81.2578&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31675
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA212
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31675/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA212

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT ON FINAL APPROACH HE FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. HE THEN LANDED GEAR UP, & THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N257ER (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 44-815002
- Airframe hours: 5296
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-E1A6D 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Phoenix East Aviation
- Registered owner: Fonnie D. Baugh
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 27, 1986, 76 hours before
- Departed: DAB, DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Airport: X47, Flagler County, runway 11, 5,000 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 724 total, 13 in this make and model, 641 as pilot in command, 96 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAB, 18 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860717086089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860717086089A), Jul 17, 1986: Piper PA44180, Bunnell, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed with the gear retracted while practicing power off landings. Instructor failed to correct.

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.

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