# NTSB DEN06CA101: Piper PA-24-250, N6955P, Olathe, KS, July 16, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 15, 2006, 21:30 local (Jul 16, 2006, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Coordinates: 38.847499, -94.737503
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8475&lon=-94.7375&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64129
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN06CA101
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64129/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA101

## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Wheels up landing, landing
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6955P-2017-06-21), registration cancelled 2017-06-21, S/N 24-2092, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-24-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-2092
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060715014159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060715014159A), Jul 15, 2006: Piper PA24250, Olathe, KS, Destroyed. (-23) The pilot of N6955P departed Johnson County Executive Airport (ojc), Olathe, Kansas at approximately 2105 CDT on July 15, 2006. The pilot returned to ojc…

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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