# NTSB DEN84LA218: Piper PA-24-250, N7099P, Dickinson, ND, July 11, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 11, 1984, 08:26 local (14:26 UTC)
- Place: Dickinson, ND
- Coordinates: 46.879573, -102.78083 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8796&lon=-102.7808&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16430
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA218
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16430/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA218

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED LANDING INFORMATION FOR THE DICKINSON MUNI AIRPORT. HE CONTINUED TO STATE, 'SET PLANE UP FOR LANDING, CHECKED PLANE OVER EVERYTHING WAS SET UP, STARTED TO LAND, PROP HIT RWY, THE NEXT THING I WAS SLIDING DOWN RWY.' THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXAMINED AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND FOUND TO OPERATE NORMALLY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7099P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7099P-1985-02-01), registration cancelled 1985-02-01, S/N 24-2255 (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)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2402255
- Airframe hours: 1626
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-A1A5 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ward A. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 1984, 2 hours before
- Departed: BIS, BISMARK, ND
- Destination: DIK, DICKINSON, ND
- Flight plan: VFR/IFR
- Airport: DIK, Dickinson Municipal, runway 25, 3,400 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 194 total, 107 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19840711031289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840711031289A), Jul 11, 1984: Piper PA24250, Dickinson, ND, Substantial damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear before landing.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.