- Date
- February 14, 2011, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Danville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2878NPiper PA-28RT-201
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20110214004199I
- Case key
- 78349
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to touchdown.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was performing a 180-degree power-off approach and landing. He did not extend the landing gear and landed with the gear in the retracted position. The airplane sustained substantial damage during the accident sequence. The pilot indicated that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane during the accident flight.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he was performing a 180-degree power off approach and landing. He did not extend the landing gear and landed with the gear in the up position. The airplane sustained substantial damage when it impacted the runway. The pilot indicated that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane during the accident flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2878N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7918194
- Airframe hours
- 9,290
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 2011
- Departed
- 2R2 · Danville, IN
- Destination
- 2R2 · Danville, IN
- Airport
- 2R2 · Hendricks County-Gordon Graham, runway 36, 4,400 × 100 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
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 17, 2010
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 459 total · 267 in this make and model · 406 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- EYE
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 9, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 762 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.