ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347500
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 October 2023 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-44-180 Seminole |
| Owner/operator: | University of Illinois |
| Registration: | N5331N |
| MSN: | 4496106 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | University of Illinois/Willard Airport (CMI/KCMI), Savoy, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Champaign-Willard University Airport, IL (CMI/KCMI) |
| Champaign-Willard University Airport, IL (CMI/KCMI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a multi-engine instructional flight, the flight instructor simulated an engine failure at the final approach fix. The pilot receiving instruction focused on maintaining control of the airplane and neither the pilot nor the flight instructor verified that the landing gear was extended. During the landing, they realized that the landing gear was still retracted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage. A postaccident examination of the landing gear system by a mechanic revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. The instructor stated that there was nothing mechanically wrong with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing and the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision to ensure that the landing gear was extended.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193319
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N5331N
https://www.airliners.net/photo/The-University-of-Illinois/Piper-PA-44-180-Seminole/2566022/L (photo)
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2023 15:29 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 08-Nov-2023 17:08 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Accident report] |
| 24-Mar-2024 22:27 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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