# Accident 20120206001439A: Piper PA-30, Culpeper, VA, February 6, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2012, 18:16 local time
- Place: Culpeper, VA
- Airport: Culpeper Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5256° N, 77.8597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5256&lon=-77.8597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1WE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120206001439A

## Narrative

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

DURING APPROACH TO LAND AT CULPEPER THE GEAR FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED DOWN.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO INITIATE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.  DURING TOUCHDOWN THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPS STRUCK THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 300' ON THE MAIN FUSELAGE.

## 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 ERA12LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA188), Feb 6, 2012: Piper PA-30 (N1WE), Culpeper, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to use the manufacturer's checklist to troubleshoot the perceived malfunction and thereby ensure the position of the landing gear before landing. The reason the landing gear were…

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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