- Date
- August 8, 1991, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Emmonak, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N27472Piper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910808032689A
- Case key
- 5595
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Probable cause
That the pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear during the takeoff roll. Contributing to this accident was that the checklist was not followed.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear instead of the flaps. This took place between the landing roll and takeoff roll of a touch and go. The airplane came to rest on the runway approximately mid field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27472
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 317852019
- Airframe hours
- 3,247
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-52BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 2, 1991 · 3 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- ENM · Emmonak, runway 34, 4,400 × 75 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 1 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.