- Date
- July 25, 1986, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Charlevoix, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2317VPiper PA-31T1
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860725038439A
- Case key
- 13498
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Analysis
According to the pilot,on their first approach they were unable to see the airport at 1300 feet, so they raised the gear and flaps and climbed to 1800 feet, at which time they saw the airport. The pilot decided to make a VFR landing on runway 26 and forgot that he had previously raised his gear and made a gear up landing. The pilot attributes his forgetting the gear, to being distracted by the copilot and also because of the last minute decision to land on runway 26.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2317V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31T1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31T8004021
- Engine
- P&W PT6, 500 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Calco Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LAN · Lansing, MI
- Destination
- CVX · Charlevoix, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CVX · Charlevoix, runway 26, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,458 total · 1,151 in this make and model · 5,458 as pilot in command · 86 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PLN, 28 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.