# Accident 20190513004599A: Piper PA-28R-180, Gila Bend, AZ, May 13, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2019, 10:18 local time
- Place: Gila Bend, AZ
- Airport: Gila Bend Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9600° N, 112.6700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9600&lon=-112.6700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4992J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4992J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190513004599A

## Narrative

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

GILA BEND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (E63):

N4992J (PA-28R) WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE GEAR NOT BEING FULLY DOWN AND LOCKED PRIOR TO LANDING.

JUST PRIOR TO LANDING, THE AIRMAN HEARD A HORN, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS A STALL WARNING HORN.

THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE SURFACE OF RUNWAY 22 (RWY 22) APPROXIMATELY 1,850' FROM THE THRESHOLD. THE PIC STATED HE THOUGHT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. A WITNESS IN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT SAW N4992J AT 40' AGL ON SHORT FINAL WITH NO GEAR EXTENDED AND STILL NO GEAR EXTENDED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN INITIALLY.

N4992J PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AGAIN APPROXIMATELY 2,600' FROM THE THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED WITH THE NOSE TURNED APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES LEFT FROM CENTERLINE AND VEERED OFF RWY 22, HIT A DIRT BERM APPROXIMATELY 4' HIGH AND STOPPED.

THE UNINJURED PIC EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, CALLED EMERGENCY SERVICES WHO THEN DROVE HIM TO A HOSPITAL.

## 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 WPR19LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA144), May 13, 2019: Piper PA28R (N4992J), Gila Bend, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to configure the landing gear in a timely manner before landing, which resulted in a propeller strike.

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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