20220604009529A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32R-301 · Martinsville, VA · June 4, 2022

Date
June 4, 2022 · 12:30 local
Place
Martinsville, VA
Airport
Blue Ridge
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8429X
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA22LA259
Reported as
Piper PA-32R-301
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total3 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot go distracted by other airplane giving position reports that were not correct and his attention was on where that airplane was when he rolled onto final and was too high, so added all flaps, and pushed over to make landing zone. This caused him to stay above 100 mph which didn't allow the landing gear warning to signal. His attention on all this he forgot to run his prelanding checklist that would have caught the gear not being down.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT GO DISTRACTED BY OTHER AIRPLANE GIVING POSITION REPORTS THAT WERE NOT CORRECT AND HIS ATTENTION WAS ON WHERE THAT AIRPLANE WAS WHEN HE ROLLED ONTO FINAL AND WAS TOO HIGH, SO ADDED ALL FLAPS, AND PUSHED OVER TO MAKE LANDING ZONE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO STAY ABOVE 100 MPH WHICH DIDN'T ALLOW THE LANDING GEAR WARNING TO SIGNAL. HIS ATTENTION ON ALL THIS HE FORGOT TO RUN HIS PRELANDING CHECKLIST THAT WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THE GEAR NOT BEING DOWN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N8429X · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.