# NTSB CHI06CA265: Piper PA-34-220T, N434TW, Dayton, OH, September 13, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 13, 2006, 16:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Coordinates: 39.9025, -84.219444
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9025&lon=-84.2194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Cincinnati, OH, FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64613
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI06CA265
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64613/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA265

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadvertent wheels up landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Wheels up landing, landing
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The airplane sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain during a wheels up landing.  The pilot said that he forgot to put the gear down.  The airplane was examined after the accident and no gear or gear horn anomalies were detected.

## Factual narrative

The airplane sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain during a wheels up landing.  According to a police report, the pilot said that he forgot to put the gear down.  The airplane was examined after the accident and no gear or gear horn anomalies were detected.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N434TW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N434TW-2010-09-16), registration cancelled 2010-09-16, S/N 34-8233040, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-34-220T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-220T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (registry code 7103420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-8233040
- Engines: Teledyne Continental TSIO-360-KB reciprocating; Teledyne Continental TSIO-360-KB reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gr Aviation Group LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 2006, 0.5 hours before
- Departed: MIE, MUNCIE, IN
- Destination: DAY, Dayton, OH
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 77; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review July 1, 2006; seat: left; flight hours: 3,900 total, 2,000 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.82 inHg
- Observed at: DAY

## 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 20060913026759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060913026759A), Sep 13, 2006: Piper PA34220T, Dayton, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 13, 2006, at 1655 EDT, a Piper PA-34-220T, N434TW, registered to gr aviation group LLC, made a gear up landing at Dayton international…

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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