20110117001509A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Aurora, OR · January 17, 2011

Date
January 17, 2011 · 15:00 local
Place
Aurora, OR
Airport
Aurora State
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3TP
Reported as
Piper PA-24-250
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,850 total1,500 in this make and model9 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.

PIC privacy data omitted was doing a personnel flight from newburg, S26 to Aurora uao, in VMC conditions. He entered pattern at a 45 for a straight in landing to runway 17. Approach was normal and he was third aircraft in pattern to land. He did not extend his flaps and he did not extend his landing gear. A checklist was available but was not used or refered to. Pilot reported he was wearing niose canceling headset and did not hear the gear warning horn sound when he retarted throttle for landing. He landed gear up striking the propeller on the runway surface and causing substanial damage to the belly of the aircraft. No damage to flight controls or firewall was noted. No injuries to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DOING A PERSONNEL FLIGHT FROM NEWBURG, S26 TO AURORA UAO, IN VMC CONDITIONS. HE ENTERED PATTERN AT A 45 FOR A STRAIGHT IN LANDING TO RUNWAY 17. APPROACH WAS NORMAL AND HE WAS THIRD AIRCRAFT IN PATTERN TO LAND. HE DID NOT EXTEND HIS FLAPS AND HE DID NOT EXTEND HIS LANDING GEAR. A CHECKLIST WAS AVAILABLE BUT WAS NOT USED OR REFERED TO. PILOT REPORTED HE WAS WEARING NIOSE CANCELING HEADSET AND DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUND WHEN HE RETARTED THROTTLE FOR LANDING. HE LANDED GEAR UP STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND CAUSING SUBSTANIAL DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO DAMAGE TO FLIGHT CONTROLS OR FIREWALL WAS NOTED. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.