# Accident 20070701010939A: Piper PA24250, Boulder City, NV, July 1, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2007, 10:20 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9475° N, 114.8611° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9475&lon=-114.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6370P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6370P-2013-07-09) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 356 total, 47 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070701010939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) EVENT: AT APPROXIMATELY 10:20 AM PDT CONCLUDING A FLIGHT FROM KINGMAN, AZ, THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT (PA-24-250, N6370P) ARRIVED ON THE RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 9R AT BOULDER CITY, NV. THE WIND WAS REPORTED LIGHT AND VARIABLE FROM THE EAST. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PERFORMED HIS BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST ON THE DOWNWIND, THEN LANDED ON 9R WITHOUT PERFORMING A FINAL LANDING CHECK. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR FULLY RETRACTED APPROXIMATELY 2200 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. IT THEN SKIDDED ON THE ASPHALT RUNWAY SURFACE A DISTANCE OF 150-200 FEET, COMING TO REST JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 9R AND RUNWAY 33, AND ABOUT 15 FEET RIGHT OF CENTERLINE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER OCMING TO A STOP, THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE IN THE AREA DIRECTLY BEHIND THE TWO FRONT SEATS. DAMAGE: THE FAA'S INSPECTION OF THE WRECKAGE WAS CONDUCTED THE DAY FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT, AND AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN MOVED TO A REMOTE LOCATION. THE CABIN AREA WAS COMPLETELY CONSUMED BY FIRE. ALL THE FURNISHINGS IN THIS AREA WERE DESTROYED. THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH WAS OBSERVED IN THE DOWN (GEAR EXTENDED) POSITION. THE PROPELLER SUSTAINED DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH GROUND CONTACT UNDER IDLE POWER. THE ENGINE AND COWL WERE RELATIVELY INTACT AS WERE THE OUTER WING PANELS AND EMPENNAGE. THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY TO INSPECT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT OR THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATION COMPONENTS. INJURIES: THE PILOT AND HIS RIGHT SEAT PASSENGER ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. CONCLUSIONS: THE PILOT REPORTED THE LANDING WAS NORMAL UNTIL HE HEARD THE SOUND OF METAL SCRAPING AND OBSERVED THE PROPELLER STOP. HE TOLD AIRPORT PERSONNEL RESPONDING TO THE ACCIDENT THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH A STATEMENT MADE BY A WITNESS WHO SAID THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE FULLY RETRACTED BEFORE CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ALSO STATED IN HIS REPORT TO THE NTSB THAT A POST CRASH INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY HIS PARTNER AND CO-OWNER YIELDED COCKPIT CONTROL POSITIONS CONSISTENT WITH A GEAR-RETRACTED CONFIGURATION. THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION.

## 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 LAX07CA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA196), Jul 1, 2007: Piper PA-24-250 (N6370P), Boulder City, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to extend the landing gear.

## Other reports on N6370P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750509010659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750509010659A), May 9, 1975: Piper PA24250 (N6370P), Porterville, CA, Substantial damage. L gr door hinge failed

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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