- Date
- May 12, 1985, 13:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Savannah, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5844PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850512016599A
- Case key
- 6795
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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.
Complete gear collapsed
Wheels up landing - inadvertent
Lack of recent total experienceCause
Checklist - not usedFactor
Gear extension - not performedCause
Analysis
The plt ldg the acft with the ldg gear retracted. He stated that he evidently forgot to extend the gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5844P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-925
- Airframe hours
- 3,120
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William M. Wyatt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1985 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- 07J · Eastman, GA
- Destination
- AVL · Ashville, NC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SAV · Sanannah In'L, runway 9, 9,003 × 150 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5844P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN22LA102Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportGrand Forks, NDFailure of the landing gear to properly extend before landing for reasons that could not be determined.NTSB CHI04LA101Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportOverland Park, KSThe pilot's inadequate fuel calculations and the pilot's improper in-flight decision which resulted in fuel exhaustion. Contributing factors were the trees and the night conditions.