- Date
- November 23, 1983, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Clemson, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7221PPiper PA-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831123074859A
- Case key
- 6389
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with object
Gear extension - not performedCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Analysis
The pilot failed to lower the landing gear stating that he was distracted by an acft on the ground & diverted his attention from the landing checklist.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7221P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2393
- Airframe hours
- 2,515
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David B. Bogart
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 17, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- Clemson, SC
- Airport
- CEU · Clemson-Oconee, runway 7, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 2 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 13,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSP, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.