- Date
- June 6, 2006, 11:07 local (15:07 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N36262Piper PA-32RT-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Detroit, MI, FSDO
- FAA report
- 20060606013009A
- Case key
- 64034
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent wheels up landing.
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 airplane sustained substantial damage during a wheels up landing. A post accident examination revealed that the landing gear was operational and no anomalies were detected.
Factual narrative
The airplane sustained substantial damage during a wheels up landing. A post accident examination revealed that the landing gear was operational and no anomalies were detected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36262
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32RT-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7885175
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- S And S Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 2005
- Departed
- ARB · Ann Arbor, MI
- Destination
- JXN · Jackson, MI
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
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,436 total · 620 in this make and model · 1,210 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JXN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.