# Accident 20060217002689A: Piper PA30, Greeley, CO, February 17, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2006, 14:10 local time
- Place: Greeley, CO
- Airport: Greeley-Weld County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4375° N, 104.6331° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4375&lon=-104.6331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7743Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7743Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,347 total, 2,257 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060217002689A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) N7743Y, MADE A GEAR UP LANDING AT GXY AFTER A MISSED APPROACH FOR A "NO GEAR INDICATION". THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND DURING THE TWO ATTEMPTS TO LAND. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED UP OFF THE RUNWAY SURFACE THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED INTO THE DOWN POSITION. THE RIGHT WING WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT STRUCK A RUNWAY SIGNS DURING THE LANDING. THE RIGHT OUTBOARD WING LOWER SKIN WAS TORN AND SEVERAL STRINGERS WERE BROKEN AND BENT AFT. BOTH PROPELLERS' BLADES WERE CURLED AND SCRATCHED. A WITNESS THAT RECOVERED THE AIRPLANE FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT REPORTED TO THE NTSB THAT THE AIRFRAME WAS COVERED WITH ICE THAT MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 3/4 INCH THICK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN06LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06LA041), Feb 17, 2006: Piper PA-30 (N7743Y), Greeley, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's flight into adverse weather conditions, the airframe ice, and the wheels up landing. Factors contributing to the accident were the icing conditions, the frozen landing gear, the frozen…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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