# NTSB CHI00LA293: Piper PA28R-200, N1334T, Sellersburg, IN, September 1, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: September 1, 2000, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Sellersburg, IN - Coordinates: 38.390979, -85.750915 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3910&lon=-85.7509&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 17, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 50241 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI00LA293 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50241/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA293 ## Probable cause the improper servicing of the emergency extension assembly and the gear extension not verified by company maintenance personnel. Factors were the failure of the hydraulic system's motor, normal and emergency gear extension not available to the pilot, and the wheels up landing performed by the pilot. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Wheels up landing, landing - hydraulic system,motor - failure (contributing factor) - gear extension - unavailable, pilot in command (contributing factor) - landing gear,emergency extension assembly - improperly serviced (cause) - gear extension - not verified, company maintenance personnel (cause) - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor) ## Analysis The airplane sustained substantial damage during a wheels up landing. The pilot stated, "On the downwind leg gear failed to come down during prelanding checklist. Attempted to recycle the gear down lever, with same results." A FAA on-scene examination revealed that the landing gear powerpack's electric motor was defective. The examination further revealed that during the last annual, a kit to delete the automatic extension features of the landing gear system was incorrectly installed. As installed, the kit would not allow an emergency extension of the landing gear. A FAA inspector stated, "Instructions allowed that once the kit was installed to perform a landing gear retract check to ensure that the operations of the landing gear was satisfactory. [The airplane operator] failed to perform this portion of the operation." ## Factual narrative On September 1, 2000, at 1830 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA28R-200, N1334T, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during a wheels up landing on runway 18 (5,500 feet X 100 feet, dry/asphalt) at Clark County Airport (JVY) near Sellersburg, Indiana. The personal flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was on file. The pilot was uninjured. The local flight departed from JVY at 1600. The pilot stated, "On the downwind leg gear failed to come down during prelanding checklist. Attempted to recycle the gear down lever, with same results." He said, "[An employee] of [the airplane operator] contacted me via UNICOM and we discussed options. After moving to another common freq. (122.95), [the employee] suggested other alternatives such as slow flight with flaps extended to full, wigging the A/C, pull the circuit breaker to see if the hydraulic pressure would bleed off and the gear come down on its own in addition to the emergency checklist alternatives. This all occurred over a period of about 2 hours. At the end of attempting these alternatives, it was decided to gear up land on runway 18. Neither winds nor weather was a factor." Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors performed an on-scene examination of the airplane. The examination revealed that the landing gear powerpack's electric motor was defective. The examination further revealed that during the last annual, a kit to delete the automatic extension features of the landing gear system was incorrectly installed. As installed, the kit would not allow an emergency extension of the landing gear. A FAA inspector stated, "Instructions allowed that once the kit was installed to perform a landing gear retract check to ensure that the operations of the landing gear was satisfactory. [The airplane operator] failed to perform this portion of the operation." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1334T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1334T), registered now, S/N 28R-7235263, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA28R-200 - Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (registry code 7102811) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28R-7235263 - Airframe hours: 5576 - Engines: Lycoming IO-360-C1C 200 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Aircraft Specialists Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Annual, June 9, 2000, 33 hours before - Departed: JVY - Airport: JVY, Clark County Airport, runway 18, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 227 total, 9 in this make and model, 167 as pilot in command, 67 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 60° at 6 knots - Visibility: 7 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken - Temperature: 180 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: LOU, 9 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 20000901042529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000901042529A), Sep 1, 2000: Piper PA28R200, Jeffersonville, IN, Minor damage. (-23) On landing at Jeffersonville, IN (jvy), pilot selected landing gear down with no response from the landing gear system. Pilot flew around the airport… ## Other investigations on N1334T (1) 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. - [NTSB CHI76DEA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEA21), Dec 22, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N1334T), Zionsville, IN, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.