- Date
- July 28, 1987, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Aspen, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4709RCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870728042619A
- Case key
- 17282
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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 plt said that because of thunderstorm activity in the local area he was distracted from concentrating on his flying. During his landing approach, he failed to extend the landing gear and landed the aircraft wheels up.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4709R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0013
- Airframe hours
- 2,065
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aspen Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Andrew Doremus
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 17, 1987 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- PGA · Page, AZ
- Destination
- ASE
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ASE · Sardy Field, runway 15, 7,003 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 260 total · 8 in this make and model · 160 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ASE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.