# NTSB CHI83LA182: Piper PA-24, N9254P, Champaign, IL, April 24, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 24, 1983, 11:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place: Champaign, IL
- Location: 40.0386° N, 88.2765° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS/WILLARD (CMI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0386&lon=-88.2765&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12145
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12145/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA182

## Sequence of events

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

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,gear warning system - inoperative (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9254P), registered now, S/N 24-4752, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (registry code 7102406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-4752
- Airframe hours: 2235
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830424017469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830424017469A), Apr 24, 1983: Piper PA24260, Champaign, IL, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed gear up.

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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