# Accident 20060715014159A: Piper PA24250, Olathe, KS, July 15, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2006, 21:30 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: Johnson County Executive Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8475° N, 94.7375° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8475&lon=-94.7375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6955P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6955P-2017-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 554 total, 500 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060715014159A

## Narrative

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

(-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^

## 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 DEN06CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA101), Jul 16, 2006: Piper PA-24-250 (N6955P), Olathe, KS, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing.

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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