20070218002819I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA23 · Casa Grande, AZ · February 18, 2007

Date
February 18, 2007 · 21:17 local
Place
Casa Grande, AZ
Airport
Casa Grande Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2210P
Reported as
Piper PA23
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
285 total9 in this make and model30 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.

(-23) After privacy data omitted did some practice instrument approaches, he asked privacy data omitted if he would like to do a touch and go. privacy data omitted Stated he would and took over the controls of the aircraft N2210P. On downwind privacy data omitted did the before landing checklist and both identified that the gear was down, on final approach the pilot in command privacy data omitted made a gump check and again stated the gear was down. The aircraft landed and the gear was in the up position and this was confirmed by maintenance after the crash. There was minor damage ot the underneath of the aircraft. Both pilots missed that the gear was not in the down position privacy data omitted .

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER ^PRIVACY DA^ DID SOME PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES, HE ASKED ^PRIVACY DA^ IF HE WOULD LIKE TO DO A TOUCH AND GO. ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED HE WOULD AND TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT N2210P. ON DOWNWIND ^PRIVACY DA^ DID THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST AND BOTH IDENTIFIED THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN, ON FINAL APPROACH THE PILOT IN COMMAND ^PRIVACY DA^ MADE A GUMP CHECK AND AGAIN STATED THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND THE GEAR WAS IN THE UP POSITION AND THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY MAINTENANCE AFTER THE CRASH. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE OT THE UNDERNEATH OF THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH PILOTS MISSED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT IN THE DOWN POSITION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ .