19950107001959I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Clovis, NM · January 7, 1995

Date
January 7, 1995 · 18:30 local
Place
Clovis, NM
Airport
Clovis Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N78WA
Reported as
Piper PA28R201
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total280 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: this private pilot, from st. charles, IL departed dalhart, Texas enroute to Clovis, NM where he and his wife who was the passenger, intended to spend the night before they reached their final destination of las cruces, NM. The PIC was distracted by a conversation with his wife during the final approach to cvn. He admits forgetting to put the gear down, and thought the horn was the stall warning. The subsequent gear up landing resulted in no injuries to the pilot or passenger. The aircraft sustained only minor damage. The pilot was counseled by the lbb FSDO. This investigation is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THIS PRIVATE PILOT, FROM ST. CHARLES, IL DEPARTED DALHART, TEXAS ENROUTE TO CLOVIS, NM WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE WHO WAS THE PASSENGER, INTENDED TO SPEND THE NIGHT BEFORE THEY REACHED THEIR FINAL DESTINATION OF LAS CRUCES, NM. THE PIC WAS DISTRACTED BY A CONVERSATION WITH HIS WIFE DURING THE FINAL APPROACH TO CVN. HE ADMITS FORGETTING TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN, AND THOUGHT THE HORN WAS THE STALL WARNING. THE SUBSEQUENT GEAR UP LANDING RESULTED IN NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED BY THE LBB FSDO. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.