# Accident 20100301028239A: Piaggio P180, Greensboro, NC, March 1, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2010, 06:41 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1014° N, 79.9381° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1014&lon=-79.9381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29JS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIAGGIO P180
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-6 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,162 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100301028239A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA10CA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA156), Mar 1, 2010: Piaggio P180 (N29JS), Greensboro, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly configure the landing gear for landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's diverted attention looking for traffic and manipulating the secondary trim…

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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