# Accident 20160430007949A: Piper PA-31P, Killeen, TX, April 30, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2016, 09:27 local time
- Place: Killeen, TX
- Airport: Killeen Municiple
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0858° N, 97.6864° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0858&lon=-97.6864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N192CS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N192CS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIGO-541SER (registry code 41539, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tigo-541ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIGO-541SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 69 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160430007949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED KILLEEN AIRPORT (KILE)  FOR VFR FLIGHT TO EL PASO AIRPORT (KELP). WEATHER WAS OVERCAST WITH WINDS FROM NORTHWEST AT 12 KNOTS VISIBILITY AT 10 MILES. PILOT CLIMBED TO 2800 FT. AT THAT POINT PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN BACK TO KILE DUE TO DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS. PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 1. BETWEEN BASE AND FINAL APPROACH, PILOT LOWERED FLAPS TO 15 DEGREES HOWEVER PILOT STATED FLAPS LOWERED TO FULL DOWN POSITION. PILOT THEN RETRACTED THE FLAPS TO FULL UP POSITION AND CONTINUED ON FINAL APPROACH. PILOT REALIZED HE HAD FLOWN PAST A 90 DEGREE ANGLE FOR THE RUNWAY AND HAD TO CORRECT TO THE LEFT. PILOT FLEW THE REST OF THE APPROACH AND FLARED AS THOUGH ALL WAS NORMAL AND THEN SETTLED ON TO THE RUNWAY GEAR UP. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE FAA IIC AND PILOT, PILOT STATED HE MISTOOK THE SOUND OF THE GEAR WARNING HORN FOR THE STALL WARNING HORN. UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF FLAP SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AS MAINTENANCE TROUBLE SHOOTING OF SYSTEM WAS NOT PERFORMED.

## 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 CEN16LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA189), Apr 30, 2016: Piper PA 31P (N192CS), Killeen, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear due to his distraction with the flaps, his misinterpretation of the landing gear warning horn, and his failure to verify that 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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