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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piaggio P180 · Greensboro, NC · March 1, 2010

Date
March 1, 2010 · 06:41 local
Place
Greensboro, NC
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N29JS
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA10CA156
Reported as
Piaggio P180
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total1,162 in this make and model6 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.

Pilot was landing with gear up. He said he was distracted due to primary trim being inoperative , using secondary trim, and citation traffic. Pilot heard scraping noise on landing. He was carring high enough power to keep gear warning from activating. Pilot executed a go-around manuever and retruned for landing with gear down.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS LANDING WITH GEAR UP. HE SAID HE WAS DISTRACTED DUE TO PRIMARY TRIM BEING INOPERATIVE , USING SECONDARY TRIM, AND CITATION TRAFFIC. PILOT HEARD SCRAPING NOISE ON LANDING. HE WAS CARRING HIGH ENOUGH POWER TO KEEP GEAR WARNING FROM ACTIVATING. PILOT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND MANUEVER AND RETRUNED FOR LANDING WITH GEAR DOWN.

NTSB investigation

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