Piper PA-44-180 N291ND

Summary

On 7 September 2005 at about 20:30 local time, a Piper PA-44-180 registered N291ND was involved in an accident near Fertile, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 September 2005 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Fertile, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Fertile Municipal Airport (D14)

Coordinates

47.5519, -96.2919

Aircraft

Piper PA-44-180

Registration

N291ND

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grand Forks → Fertile

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI05CA258

Nobody was injured.

The flightcrew's failure to extend the landing gear prior to touchdown, and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane landed with the landing gear retracted during an instructional flight. The flight instructor reported that they were working on single-engine approaches and landings when the accident occurred. The flight instructor stated that a "midfield check was done and said, but was not verified." The flight instructor reported that "since we had heard the gear warning horn for so long during the airwork, I no longer noticed anymore." The flight instructor stated that they "did not do our final landing check" and that the airplane landed with "the gear in the up position."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.