- Date
- December 18, 1988, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Peyton, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6843PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881218054669A
- Case key
- 17649
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was practicing a touch and go landing. During a turn to final, the plt heard an acft report final for a straight in. He said he became distracted and failed to extend the landing gear. The acft landed with the gear up and slid 500 feet, coming to rest mid-field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6843P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1976
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph P. Connelly
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 00V · Falcon, CO
- Destination
- 00V
- Airport
- OOV · Meadow Lake, runway 15, 4,150 × 35 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 169 total · 169 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COS, 7 nm away
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 N6843P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.