Piper PA-44-180 — registry & accident history
Compiled from FAA & NTSB records · as of Jul 30, 2026
There are 750 Piper PA-44-180 airframes on record (built 1972–2026), 399 currently registered. 38 have one or more NTSB accident records (40 records total, 7 with a fatal highest-injury classification). Data as of Jul 30, 2026.
Recent Piper PA-44-180 accidents
An in-flight collision with a bird while on approach to the destination airport.
The flight instructors failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
The flight crew’s failure to use the airplane pre-landing checklist and failure to extend the airplane’s landing gear before landing.
The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing, which resulted in a gear up landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the pilot receiving instruction.
The separation of the securing hardware for the right main landing gear upper and lower torque links for undetermined reasons, which prevented extension of the right main landing gear.
The pilots’ failure to apply carburetor heat during the descent, which resulted in a loss of power on both engines due to carburetor ice.
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.
The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain control of the airplane and the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the flight, which resulted in a stall/spin from which they were unable to recover.