- Date
- April 24, 1983, 11:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Champaign, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9254PPiper PA-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830424017469A
- Case key
- 12145
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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 acft was landed with the gear up. Investigation revealed during a retraction test, that no malfunction of the landing gear system prevented normal operation. Electrical system showed that the warning the horn did not operate. When the cockpit was checked prior to removal of the acft from the runway the landing gear circuit breaker was popped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9254P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-4752
- Airframe hours
- 2,235
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-D4AS, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Emanuel Crese
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1982
- Departed
- ARR · Aurora, IL
- Destination
- CMI · Champaigh, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CMI · Champaign, runway 4, 5,300 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 253 in this make and model · 241 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.