19990710022129I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Napa, CA · July 10, 1999

Date
July 10, 1999 · 15:27 local
Place
Napa, CA
Airport
Napa County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4929J
Reported as
Piper PA28R180
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360B1E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
845 total75 in this make and model20 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.

This was a training flight to qualify for the wings program. The pilot had made several touch and goes at the Napa airport, using a before landing checklist and a mental checklist "gump". On the last landing, he did not follow the checklist and forgot to extend the gear which resulted in a gear up landing. Both pilots were counseled.

As the FAA filed it

THIS WAS A TRAINING FLIGHT TO QUALIFY FOR THE WINGS PROGRAM. THE PILOT HAD MADE SEVERAL TOUCH AND GOES AT THE NAPA AIRPORT, USING A BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST AND A MENTAL CHECKLIST "GUMP". ON THE LAST LANDING, HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE CHECKLIST AND FORGOT TO EXTEND THE GEAR WHICH RESULTED IN A GEAR UP LANDING. BOTH PILOTS WERE COUNSELED.