# NTSB ATL85LA206: Piper PA-24-250, N7474P, Peachtree City, GA, July 8, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 8, 1985, 18:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Peachtree City, GA
- Location: 33.3919° N, 84.5707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peachtree City, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3919&lon=-84.5707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6824
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA206
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6824/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA206

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - fuel system,drain - cracked
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. HE STATED MOST OF HIS FLIGHT TIME HAD BEEN IN FIXED GEAR AIRCRAFT. ON THIS FLIGHT HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY HIS INSTRUCTOR TO WORK ON SMOOTHING HIS RADIO TECHNIQUE ON THE SECOND LANDING OF THE FLIGHT HE EXTENDED FLAPS BUT FORGOT TO EXTEND THE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7474P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7474P-2013-05-08), registration cancelled 2013-05-08, S/N 24-2667, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-2667
- Airframe hours: 1705
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540 SERIES 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: David L. Seitz
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 1985
- Airport: 2A9, Falcon Field, runway 31, 4,600 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 640 total, 19 in this make and model, 421 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ATL, 20 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850708030199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850708030199A), Jul 8, 1985: Piper PA24250, Peachtree City, GA, Destroyed. Pilot failed to lower gear for landing. Fire destroyed the aircraft.

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.

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