- Date
- June 16, 1988, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mattoon, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8226PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880616022099A
- Case key
- 14095
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Upon return from a local aerial photography flight, the pilot failed to ensure that the aircraft landing gear was extended, down and locked. When the aircraft touched down, the gear was only extended approximately 10%; it collapsed fully when it contacted the ground and the aircraft slid to a stop on its belly. The pax stated that he thought the gear was still in the up position on short final and the pilot lowered the gear handle only when the pax queried him. Post-accident gear actuation revealed that the gear functioned normally. However, the gear warning horn was erratic.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8226P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-3479
- Airframe hours
- 3,833
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nims Associates, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1987
- Airport
- MTO · Mattoon, runway 6, 5,799 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 100 in this make and model · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEC, 35 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.
Other investigations on N8226P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.