- Date
- July 15, 2006, 21:30 local (Jul 16, 2006, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Olathe, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6955PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060715014159A
- Case key
- 64129
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing.
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
According to the pilot, he was performing a touch and go landing on runway 18. While landing, the pilot failed to lower the landing gear and the airplane landed gear up on the runway. As the airplane skidded down the runway, it caught fire. The airplane came to rest on the runway and was destroyed by post-impact fire. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, he was performing a touch and go landing on runway 18. While landing, the pilot failed to lower the landing gear and the airplane landed gear up on the runway. As the airplane skidded down the runway, it caught fire. The airplane came to rest on the runway and was destroyed by post-impact fire. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6955P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2092
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1D5, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John W. Loyd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OJC · Olathe, KS
- Destination
- OJC
- Airport
- OJC · Johnson County Executive, runway 18
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 100 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.