- Date
- June 14, 2001, 17:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Green Bay, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3718TPiper PA-28R-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-Milwaukee, Wisconsin-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20010614017069A
- Case key
- 52526
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Probable cause
The pilot not performing the pre-landing checklist, and the wheels-up landing made by the pilot.
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.
Analysis
The aircraft was damaged during a wheels up landing. The pilot said that he, "...didn't extend the gear." The pilot listed no mechanical malfunction in his written report.
Factual narrative
On June 14, 2001, at 1720 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28R-180, N3718T, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during a gear up landing on runway 24 at the Austin Straubel International Airport, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot and two passengers reported no injuries. The flight originated from the Fond Du Lac County Airport, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin at 1650.
In a written report, the pilot said that he, "...didn't extend the gear." The pilot listed no mechanical malfunction in the report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3718T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-30023
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fond Du Lac Aviation Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 2001 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- FLD · Fond Du Lac, WI
- Destination
- GRB · Green Bay, WI
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- GRB · Austin Straubel International, runway 24, 7,699 × 150 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- June 15, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,071 total · 555 in this make and model · 1,071 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.79 inHg
- Observed at
- GRB
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 N3718T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.