- Date
- August 30, 1999, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Eden Prairie, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6606PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990830025499A
- Case key
- 47184
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Probable cause
the failure of the pilot to follow the landing checklist and his failure to extend the landing gear.
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 airplane made a gear up landing. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. In a written statement, the pilot said that he 'forgot to put the gear down.' At a postaccident examination, the airplane landing gear extended under its own power while the aircraft was supported on jacks.
Factual narrative
On August 30, 1999, at 1145 central daylight time, a Piper PA-24-180, N6606P, piloted by a private pilot sustained substantial damage during a gear up landing on runway 27R (3,599 feet by 75 feet, dry/asphalt) at the Flying Cloud Airport, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was on a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, reported no injuries. The flight originated from the Fond Du Lac County Airport, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, about 1000 and was en route to the Flying Cloud Airport.
In a written statement, the pilot said that he "forgot to put the gear down."
At a postaccident examination, the airplane landing gear extended under its own power while the aircraft was supported on jacks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6606P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1728
- Airframe hours
- 3,873
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air Flite
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 5, 1999 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- FLD · Fond Du Lac, WI
- Destination
- FCM
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FCM · Flying Cloud Airport, runway 27R, 3,599 × 75 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,761 total · 528 in this make and model · 2,761 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FCM
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 N6606P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.