# Accident 20220712012469A: Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-60-601P, Scappoose, OR, July 12, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2022, 19:01 local time
- Place: Scappoose, OR
- Airport: Scappoose
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7710° N, 122.8618° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7710&lon=-122.8618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601NG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N601NG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-60-601P (registry code 7106016, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-60-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION PA-60-601P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,306 total, 793 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA272) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220712012469A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 12, 2022, ABOUT 1901 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AEROSTAR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT LANDED GEAR UP AT THE SCAPPOOSE AIRPORT (SPB) IN SCAPPOOSE, OR.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND UNINJURED.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT?S TESTIMONY, HE DEPARTED THE HILLSBORO AIRPORT (HIO) ON A FIVE MINUTE PLANNED FLIGHT TO SPB.  THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH FORECAST WINDS OF 9-16 KNOTS.  HE CROSSED OVER THE AIRPORT TO ENTER THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 15.  AT THE POINT WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN, HE NOTICED THE WIND SOCK FAVORED RUNWAY 33.  HE EXECUTED A RIGHT 360 TO JOIN THE FINAL FOR RUNWAY 33.  JUST SHORT OF THE NUMBERS HE HEARD THE HORN CHIRP AND AS HE REDUCED POWER TO LAND IT SOUNDED SOLID.  BY THEN THE PROPS WERE ALREADY STRIKING THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO ITS BELLY AND SLID ACROSS THE RUNWAY.  IT CAME TO A STOP ON THE LEFT OR EASTERN SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT SAID HE DID NOT DO THE CHECKLIST AND FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN.

## 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 WPR22LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA272), Jul 13, 2022: Piper PA-60-601P (N601NG), Scappoose, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to utilize a prelanding checklist.

## Other reports on N601NG (1)

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

- [Incident 19991016029839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991016029839I), Oct 16, 1999: Piper PA60601P (N601NG), Harrisburg, PA. (-23) On oct. 16, 1999, at 1630 hours (local), a Piper PA-60-601P, N601NG, registered to gryphon aviation inc., departed Capital City Airport (cxy). On…

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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