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FAA accident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Olathe, KS · July 15, 2006

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Date
July 15, 2006 · 21:30 local
Place
Olathe, KS
Airport
Johnson County Executive Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6955P
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN06CA101
Reported as
Piper PA24250
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
554 total500 in this make and model34 in the last 90 days
N6955PRegistration cancelled Jun 21, 2017 · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-2092 · Built 1960Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) The pilot of N6955P departed Johnson County Executive Airport (ojc), Olathe, Kansas at approximately 2105 CDT on July 15, 2006. The pilot returned to ojc for the purpose of practicing takeoffs and landings at approximately 2125 CDT. He entered the downwind leg for runway 18. The pilot stated taht the tower was closed and he was announcing his position in the traffic pattern on the tower frequency. The pilot was also communicating with another aircraft that was in the traffic pattern at ojc. The pilot stated that he became distracted when communicating with the other aircraft and did not properly complete the before landing checklist prior to landing. The pilot forgot to lower the landing gear and landed the airplane on runway 18 with the landing gear in the up position. The fuselage caught fire as the underside of the aircraft contacted the runway pavement. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT OF N6955P DEPARTED JOHNSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (OJC), OLATHE, KANSAS AT APPROXIMATELY 2105 CDT ON JULY 15, 2006. THE PILOT RETURNED TO OJC FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT APPROXIMATELY 2125 CDT. HE ENTERED THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR RUNWAY 18. THE PILOT STATED TAHT THE TOWER WAS CLOSED AND HE WAS ANNOUNCING HIS POSITION IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ON THE TOWER FREQUENCY. THE PILOT WAS ALSO COMMUNICATING WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WAS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT OJC. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT PROPERLY COMPLETE THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST PRIOR TO LANDING. THE PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON RUNWAY 18 WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THE FUSELAGE CAUGHT FIRE AS THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DEN06CA101Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportOlathe, KSthe pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing.Jul 16, 2006 · Destroyed